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    Taiwan's High Court Rules Same-Sex Marriage Is Legal, In A First For Asia

    by Bill Chappell May 24, 2017 2 minutes
    Same-sex activists hug outside Taiwan's legislature in Taipei Wednesday, after a landmark decision was announced that paves the way for the island to become the first place in Asia to legalize gay marriage. / SAM YEH / Getty Images

    Taiwanese laws that prohibit same-sex couples from marrying violate their personal freedom and equal protection, the island's Constitutional Court ruled Wednesday. The justices called sexual orientation an "immutable characteristic that is resistant to change."

    "The judges have today said yes to marriage equality," said Amnesty International's

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