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Taiwan women in same-sex Buddhist wedding

TAOYUAN, Taiwan - Two women tied the knot on Saturday in Taiwan's first same-sex Buddhist wedding, a move rights groups hope will help make the island become the first place in Asia to legalise gay marriage.

Fish Huang and her partner You Ya-ting, both wearing traditional white bridal gowns, said "I do" in front of a Buddha statue and exchanged prayer beads rather than rings in a monastery in Taoyuan, in northern Taiwan. Nearly 300 Buddhists chanted sutras to seek blessings for the couple, both aged 30.

Shih Chao-hui, a female Buddhist master who presided over the ritual, hailed it as a historic moment.

"We are witnessing history. The two women are willing to stand out and fight for their fate... to overcome social discrimination," said Shih, a well-known advocate for social justice.

"Some people might find it astounding (a woman performing the ceremony) but Buddhism does not engage in ideological struggles and I am used to strange looks from my own experience in the social movement," she said.

The couple's parents were notably absent from the ceremony, in an indication of the pressure facing some homosexuals and their families.

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Fish Huang and her partner You Ya-ting, both wearing traditional white bridal gowns, said "I do" in front of a Buddha statue.(Photo: AFP)
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Very interesting 6 part series to dispel all long held myths by some...link to part one below.....watch them with an open mind and it might even enlighten you ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFeXwKnCUNI
Posted by singaporeuncle on Tue, 14 Aug 2012 at 14:51 PM


C.Nuns become old quite quickly:

1. Lack of monogamous sex means no internal nourishment by fertile sauce. Therefore become old.
2. Lack of giving birth, signals that body not being fertilised. Therefore become old.

On a separate note, I don't know why the Christians are upset about this. I find lesbians nice to see. Surely better than all the pornography, anal sex and D.P. coming from the home of Evangelism, the USA?
Posted by Trouser Press on Tue, 14 Aug 2012 at 14:35 PM
Why leh??? Got diff one arh?? :confused:

Anyway... last time young time we always look out for young nice C.Nuns to see if we can tackle ... hoping if we can makso to make them return to this world to become happy woman and if possible fertilize them to let their live more complete as a woman .... sure no problem one cos' they will eventually "forgive" ... but unlucky never manage to see and meet any beautiful, young C.Nuns in Sg over all these years ... :(


Posted by Small Fly on Tue, 14 Aug 2012 at 14:30 PM


Please do not alert any Christians before you do this.:)
Posted by Trouser Press on Tue, 14 Aug 2012 at 14:22 PM
What a waste ... these 2 lesbian ladies are so attractive and tempting .... if only can break-in into their newly wedded house to make them become real women and be fertilized .... :o :D
Posted by Small Fly on Tue, 14 Aug 2012 at 13:13 PM


Well they're not causing too much bother and I scratched the surface out of curiosity and there was a Barbie & Barbie "marriage" event for 80 lesbian partnerships in Taiwan a little while before this wedding.

Each to their own. They are definitely in love.
Posted by Trouser Press on Tue, 14 Aug 2012 at 02:14 AM


I too hope that this will not happen in Singapore but with Obama seemingly to support the homsexual because of their votes, I actually fear the worst for Singapore...Afterall, our PM Lee did say that although we kept part of the Penal Code 377 in it admendments in to 377A, we will not actively pursue it, which I guess it only means we should be willing to compromise...
Posted by kooldog59 on Mon, 13 Aug 2012 at 23:47 PM
Lesbian or gay is any time better than those crazy christian
Posted by mumbucky1 on Mon, 13 Aug 2012 at 23:37 PM


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@ TP,
Lesbians ARE NOT COOL 1 bit ! Something is so "wrong" with our world. :o:(

Posted by Tsunamiw4ve on Mon, 13 Aug 2012 at 23:15 PM


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Shame on U ! Don't even know what is right from wrong ! Sacred from Gross !:mad:
Posted by Tsunamiw4ve on Mon, 13 Aug 2012 at 23:14 PM

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