20,000 SUPPORTERS GATHER OUTSIDE PUBLIC HEARING|同性婚公聽會外 挺同反同群眾相互喊話

The second hearing on same sex marriage was held yesterday at the legislative yuan, where more than 20 thousand people for gay marriage gathered to show their support and called for the DPP to keep its campaign promises. At the same time, the opposition camp also gathered for a protest. The support camp is calling for more people to show up on the streets on December 10th, which is the global Human Rights Day. Shouting catchy slogans and armed with colorful flags and banners, people who support amending the civil codes to allow marriage for all gathered on Nov. 2 outside the Legislative Yuan, where the second hearing on same sex marriage was held. ==PENG CHIH-LIU, Dir., Taiwan LGBT Hotline Association== Amending the civil codes is a way for the state to officially recognize us. It is also a way to show our children that Taiwan is a country where people all sexualitlies are accepted and welcomed. ==MIAO PO-YA, Nat. Rep., Social Democratic Party == If we legalize same sex marriage by enacting a special law, that would be giving discriminatory treatment to people who should be treated just like everyone else, which is against the Constitution. While many people within the LGBT community were moved to tears, opponents of same sex marriage held their own rally less than a block away. They claim to respect the basic rights of non-heterosexuals, yet they are adamantly against amending the civil codes and they disapprove the idea of gay adoption. ==MR. TSAI, opponent same sex marriage== I don't think an amendment is a good idea. Because if you allow this amendment, there will be more amendments to come. I've heard that there are hundreds of amendments down the pipe. That's just too complicated. What a waste of public resource. ==WENG LI-YEN opponent, same sex marriage== A child should be raised by one father and one mother. The father has to be a man and the mother has to be a woman. That's what I call a balanced family. For now, a consensus seems hard to reach. Both camps have announced to take to take to the streets in front of the Presidential Office in December. Meanwhile, the battle for marriage equality in Taiwan continues. TRANSLATED BY：JEFF CHANG 宏亮的口號、配上滿滿的旗幟、標語，立法院內正如火如荼召開第2場婚姻平權公聽會，場外同志朋友情緒更是激昂，青島東路上的挺同陣營高喊拒絕差別待遇，反對歧視專法，隔空聲援場內的公聽會討論，爭取婚姻平權。 ==台灣同志諮詢協會秘書長 彭治鏐== (修民法)這個保障 是讓國家正式承認我們的生命 這也是讓下一代的年輕人看見 台灣國家可以接納 這些不同性傾向的人們 ==社會民主黨全國委員 苗博雅== 這樣的專法實際上其實就是 明明應該平等對待的事務 我們給予差別對待 這就是沒有理由的歧視 這就是我們憲法所不容許的 現場有不少同志朋友想起過往的遭遇紛紛留下淚水，而相隔不過一條街的距離，也看到反方家長的擔憂，濟南路上反對修民法的代表們表示，他們贊成同志保有基本權益、但反對讓同志們擁有子女收養權。 ==公民代表 蔡先生== 我覺得沒有必要再修法 因為再修法的話 修一個法還要再修好幾個 我聽他們講說還有幾百個法 我覺得這是更加複雜 更加浪費我們台灣的資源 ==公民代表 翁立彥== 孩子必須讓他在一個 有爸爸有媽媽 而且這個爸爸是男性 媽媽是女性的平衡的家庭長大 場外正、反意見仍然分歧，兩方人馬也公開表示，將在12月號召北中南群眾、上凱道表達訴求，同性婚姻法制化的抗爭、近期也還不會結束。 記者 朱芷儀 陳信隆 台北報導