THIS is a very big surprise to us- that CHINA is allowing gay marriage (despite it not having a legal basis yet)- and the Chinese newspapers are reporting it in a place where it used to be taboo! Tom and I say: Once again, instead of being a world leader, the U.S. will lag behind on social issues. This is pretty shocking that a communist country sanctions Gay marriage before the U.S. Eventually the U.S. will be shamed into it. After the Supreme Court decision earlier this week, we're not holding out much hope that even the U.S. Supreme Court will do what's right.
China paper splashes nation's 'first gay marriage'
State press splashed a front-page photo of China's first publicly "married" gay couple on Wednesday -- the latest sign of new openness about homosexuality in a country where it has long been taboo.
The page-one story in the English-language China Daily featured a photograph of the "newlyweds" arm-in-arm during a January 3 ceremony. Zeng Anquan, 45, and Pan Wenjie, 27, tied the knot at a gay bar in the southwestern city of Chengdu, the paper said, calling it "the first such public event in the country".
Homosexuality remains a sensitive issue in China. It was officially considered a form of mental illness as recently as 2001. Same-sex marriages or civil unions have no legal basis. "We are no longer hiding any more. The wedding is our happiest and most precious moment," Zeng, a divorced architect, told the paper. "Thousands of gays and lesbians get married in France, Finland, the UK. Why couldn't we?" FULL STORY: http://www.terradaily.com/reports/China_paper_splashes_nations_first_gay_marriage_999.html
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