Asia Moves Toward LGBT+ Rights - Mila Fisher

Taiwan's highest court has voiced it's support for same-sex marriage. The court gave Taiwan two years to achieve this, which could be done by amending current laws, or passing new legislation. The court has stated that the laws existing currently that prevent same-sex marriage are unconstitutional and violated equality. In a press release, the court stated the following:

"disallowing two persons of the same sex to marry, for the sake of safeguarding basic ethical orders" constituted a "different treatment" with "no rational basis."

If they achieve this milestone, Taiwan will become the first Asian state to legalize same-sex marriage. I'm really excited about this, it could very well inspire the rest of Asia, which could inspire other countries, and so on and so forth.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40012047