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The theme this year was “vote for equality”, a reference perhaps to a nationwide referendum on gay marriage due very soon. Why a referendum is necessary I fail to understand, as a the vote in Parliament next summer must, as mandated by the Supreme Court, pass a marriage equality law or amend the existing law to permit same sex marriage. Since the Supreme Court ruling there has been a rearguard action by the mainly Christian community which only makes up a tiny 4.5% of the population. So it was interesting that prior to the main March, more than 30 Church leaders from 13 nations voiced their support for Taiwan’s LGBT community.
I have attended 7 of the last 8 Parades. This was as good and as much fun as any. All ages were represented from parents bringing babies and very young kids to old stagers like me and even older.
As in previous years, the national print media gave a lot of prominence to the Parade on the following morning.
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