let's go straight to taipei now and correspondent william yang joining us good morning to you william so the parliament's voting session is still actually in progress and there are 3 different draft bills in that chamber today what exactly has been agreed so far. so right now the ruling party actually put forward the government's version to be considered 1st and so far they have voted about half of the provisions and the reason why media has consider it one as the 1st country to already legalize same sex marriage in asia is because the very critical number for provision which and tell us the detail of allowing same sex couples to have the right to register their marriage at a local household registration offices but like you just mentioned there's definitely not without any controversies leading up to this photo. from last year heavily challenge the government's options of legalizing same sex marriage and they have to last night. change the wording take out the original same sex marriage wording they replace it with marriage 1st registration so that the opponents are not going to be a

to their views william yang joins us now with more from a type a very divisive issue in the countries we just heard there william this is a 1st for asians though what are some of the reactions to the law that you're hearing there in type. so inside on right now add to the same that was occupied by the pro-marriage equality groups and we just heard the legislature finally finally passed the entire bill which makes out time $100.00 fishley the 1st country to legalize same sex marriage and how people are absolutely thrilled to see people hugging and waving the rainbow flags and chanting all kinds of 2 slogans are celebrating this historic moment however there are still some might mean a complication which the campaigners think that. it's something that has not really present them for marriage right so in the interview that they told me earlier think that they will continue to fight until they really reach a for marriage strike at the center of ok can you tell us what some of those areas are what are the areas where there are no full legal rights for same sex couples. 6 in the current ver

s william yang standing by for us in type a with the latest good morning to you well this is a 1st for what are some of the reactions to this law that you're getting where you are. so we're just now hearing all the supporters of same sex marriage chanting and cheering at the back row because the legislature just passed the 3rd reading of the government. legislative bill so this means time one becomes the 1st 100 days under the legal life and thinks marriage and also some man the title about 1250 the gay couple in asia. ok what about the referendum last november that rejected same sex marriage we heard about it in our report how did that play into the debate and the voting today. so as we know last year's referendum result show overwhelming need out because the for the fact that they want the marriage to be defined as a union between a man and one that however the ruling party step up their game and decide it a fight by the constitution which rule which is it is unconstitutional to ban same sex marriage so this bill just proves that. the full of it politics here is. progressing in a way

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