Court finds grounds to allow international same-sex marriages
03/04/2021 11:11 PM
Taiwanese gay rights activist Chi Chia-wei (祁家威) / CNA file photo
Taipei, March 4 (CNA) The Taipei High Administrative Court on Thursday revoked a decision by a household registration office not to permit a same-sex marriage involving a foreign national from a country in which such marriages are illegal, and proposed alternate legal grounds on which the marriage could be performed.
In the case in question, Taipei s Daan District Household Registration Office refused to permit the marriage of Taiwanese gay rights activist Chi Chia-wei (祁家威) and his Malaysian partner when they attempted to do so on May 24, 2019.