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Added on the 18/04/2019 14:59:58 - Copyright : Euronews EN
After more than three decades together, Wang Tien-ming and Ho Hsiang finally decided to tie the knot when Taiwan's top court ruled last year that same-sex marriage must be legalised. But those wedding plans are on hold after conservative groups won a referendum battle over equal marriage which couples fear could water down their newly won rights.
Huff Post reports more than 360 same-sex couples married in Taiwan on Friday, marking the first legal same-sex marriages ever to take place in Asia. Taiwan’s parliament passed a bill last week that approved same-sex marriage after years of debate on the self-ruled, democratic island. In 2017, the constitutional court in Taiwan gave same-sex couples the right to marry and set a deadline of May 24 for legislation.
On Friday, the Kansas Legislature approved a bill that allows faith-based adoption agencies to turn away gay and lesbian couples based on religious beliefs. The state’s governor has already said that he would sign measure. In a statement, Republican Governor Jeff Colyer said “Catholic Charities and other adoption agencies are key to the fabric of our communities." Colyer continued to say that he looks "forward to signing this bill because it increases the opportunities for needy children to find loving homes.”
Cities across Germany witnessed the first same-sex marriage ceremonies, after a new equal marriage law came into effect on Sunday. Wedding registration centers were swamped with requests from long-standing and brand new same sex couples looking to tie the knot officially for the first time or to upgrade from a registered civil partnership to a fully fledged marriage. The new law gives the full rights of marriage to same-sex couples, including the right to adopt children.
On Monday the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal from a Colorado bakery that refused to make wedding cakes for same-sex couples. In the wake of the Supreme Court's 2015 same-sex marriage decision, florists, bakers, photographers, and other businesses have cited religious and free-speech objections in refusing to serve gay and lesbian customers. But those claims have not fared well in court, The current case saw two men file a complaint against Jack Phillips of Masterpiece Cakeshop in suburban Denver. Phillips refused to make a cake for their wedding reception. He runs his cake business guided by religious principles. He closes on Sunday and refuses to make cakes containing alcohol or celebrating Halloween. According to Phillips, requiring him to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple would violate his religious views.
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