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Anti-gay marriage groups win Taiwan referendum battle
« on: November 25, 2018, 12:53:20 am »
No Same-Sex Marriage by vote in Taiwan.

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Anti-gay marriage groups win Taiwan referendum battle

Voters in Taiwan backed anti-gay marriage referendums Saturday in what LGBT activists said was a major blow to the island's reputation as a rights trailblazer.

The result came at the end of a dramatic evening which saw Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen resign as leader of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) after it suffered major defeats in key mid-term polls, a significant blow to her prospects for re-election in 2020.

The Beijing-friendly main opposition Kuomintang (KMT) made gains in the face of China's increasing pressure on the island.

Read more at: https://www.afp.com/en/news/3954/anti-gay-marriage-groups-win-taiwan-referendum-battle-doc-1b25ui7


Those who blame Christianity for so much are going to be stumped here.
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There are two main religions in Taiwan, Buddhism and Taoism, both of which have thousands of devout followers, lots of temples and a whole string of religious feasts and festivals attached to them. There are some Christians (4.5%) and even fewer followers of animism and other micro cults, but the majority of Taiwanese follow a mixture of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism.

http://journeymart.com/de/taiwan/religion.aspx

Some following animism and those are the truly native peoples to the island.
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