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不滿時代力量立委黃國昌支持同性婚姻,「北北基安定力量聯盟」昨(24)日汐止火車站發起罷免連署,收集逾3000份連署書,已達罷免連署第一階段門檻。黃國昌昨在臉書表示,「支持婚姻平權,不僅是我作為法律人的信念,更是我選前的承諾」。
▲時代力量立委黃國昌(資料照片/記者林敬旻攝)
黃國昌說,支持婚姻平權,不僅是他作為法律人的信念,更是選前的承諾。這個立場,不會因為壓力而有所改變,他也期待立法院能早日完成修法,讓所有相愛的人,都能有選擇婚姻的權利。
黃國昌表示,同婚座談會結束後,他中午趕至金山證婚,陪同新人的所有親友,獻上滿滿的祝福。離開時有些感觸,想起美國聯邦最高法院大法官Kennedy在2015年6月Obergefell v Hodges案(宣告否認同性婚姻的州法違反憲法平等權保障,正式讓美國同性婚姻合法化的劃時代判決)的結語,並與大家分享:
No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice, and family. In forming a marital union, two people become something greater than once they were. . . . It would misunderstand these men and women to say they disrespect the idea of marriage. Their plea is that they do respect it, respect it so deeply that they seek to find its fulfillment for themselves. Their hope is not to be condemned to live in loneliness, excluded from one of civilization’s oldest institutions. They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The Constitution grants them that right.