Abstract
This paper examines the factors influencing same-sex marriage in Taiwan. The data used is from the 2015 Survey Research on Attitudes toward the Death Penalty and Related Values in Taiwan, which focused on knowledge, attitudes toward the death penalty, and the concepts of social, political, and law values. The sample ages are from 21 to 94. The method used is probit modelling for examining the influences on same-sex marriage issues in Taiwan. The main empirical results find that older people, men, aboriginal people, persons with medium educational attainment, people with higher income, Christian and Catholic, those who agree with killing stray cats or dogs, agreeing with the concept of people over freedom, and over human rights are less likely to have tolerant views of same-sex marriage behaviours. In contrast, people agreeing with the values of divorce, abortion, euthanasia, and men who favour military human rights are more likely to accept same-sex marriage in their comprehensive lives. Taiwan is no longer under martial law and has a multi-party system of democratic governance; the current ruling party may support gay rights and need to draft the law of same-sex marriage in the near future.
Highlights
The traditional Chinese culture has five thousand years of history and a lot of secret codes in Chinese words
This means that people agreeing with divorce, abortion, euthanasia, and army with human right are more likely to agree with same-sex marriage
This means that men with medium educational attainments and men who consider that society is chaotic, people have too much freedom, are less likely to agree with same-sex marriage
Summary
The traditional Chinese culture has five thousand years of history and a lot of secret codes in Chinese words. The issues of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender, and queer or questioning (LGBTQ) are difficult for people to understand and accept in the traditional Chinese and Asian societies. Support for same-sex marriage among black Protestants and white evangelical Protestants remains lower than it is among other religious groups. Both groups, have become somewhat more accepting of same-sex marriage over the last decade. The history of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender, and queer or questioning (LGBTQ) has seen long periods of persecution, succeeded by understanding and acceptance in Taiwan. People agreeing with the values of divorce, abortion, euthanasia, and men who favour military human rights are more likely to accept same-sex marriage in their comprehensive lives
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