Marriage in China
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The Chinese Parliament in 2003 proposed legislation allowing same-sex marriages. During the course of the debate the proposal failed to garner the 30 votes needed for a placement on the agenda. Same-sex marriage supporters have vowed to keep pressing for its passage in the People's Republic of China.
Li Yinhe (李銀河), a well-known sexology scholar among Chinese gay community, has tried to legalize same-sex marriage during the National People's Congress in 2000 and 2004 (Legalization for the Chinese Same-Sex Marriage, 《中国同性婚姻合法化》 in 2000 and Chinese Same-Sex Marriage Bill, 《中国同性婚姻提案》 in 2004). According to Chinese law, 35 delegates' signatures are needed to make an issue a bill to be discussed in the Congress. Her effort failed due to her not being able to get enough supports from the delegates. Still, many scholars and homosexuals don't think it's possible for China to pass such a law in the near future.
In 2006, Li purposed a same-sex marriage bill again. Some gay websites called for their members to sign their names for the supports of this bill. But as expected, this bill was dismissed again.
[edit] See also
- Homosexuality in China: Same-sex marriage
- Civil Marriage in Taiwan
- Civil Marriage
