Showing posts with label marriage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label marriage. Show all posts

Monday, July 23, 2012

Lesbian couple to take vows in Taiwan’s first public Buddhist same-sex union

Source: Taipei Times
Two devout Buddhist women are to hold the nation’s first gay Buddhist wedding next month as part of an effort to push for the legalization of same-sex marriages in Taiwan.
“We are not only doing it for ourselves, but also for other gays and lesbians,” Fish Huang said in a telephone interview.
The 30-year-old social worker at a non-governmental organization said that marriage never crossed her mind until she saw a movie last year.