Taiwan Is Making History and Twitter Is Celebrating

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There's been a ton of bad, sad news circulating around the world this week, but here's on bit of happiness for us to celebrate: Taiwan is set to became the first country in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage!

According to CNN, Taiwan's top courts ruled that a current law outlining that marriage is between a man and a woman violated the island nation's constitution, and that Taiwanese parliament has two years to create new, possibly more inclusive laws to amend it.

As expected, people on Twitter were very eager to celebrate the good news!

\u201c#LoveWins, #Taiwan just made history. Earlier today, the country's constitutional court ruled that same-sex couples have the right to marry.\u201d
— RWolff- Cultivating a culture of accountability (@RWolff- Cultivating a culture of accountability) 1495650285

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\u201cI guess you could say love TaiWON in Taiwan \ud83d\udc9b\u201d
— Elliot Jye (@Elliot Jye) 1495650464

\u201cCongrats to our brothers and sisters in #Taiwan on today's momentous ruling! #MarriageEquality @TaiwanTourismUK @TaiwanTourism #gay #lgbt\u201d
— OutThere | Experiential Journeys (@OutThere | Experiential Journeys) 1495641949

\u201cTAIWAN BECAME THE FIRST PLACE IN ASIA TO LEGALIZE SAME SEX MARRIAGE. THESE PICTURES SAY IT ALL \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\u2764\ufe0f\ud83e\udde1\ud83d\udc9b\ud83d\udc9a\ud83d\udc99\ud83d\udc9c #LoveAlwaysWins\u201d
— Sol (@Sol) 1495649331

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\u201cICYMI, this is what my HECK YES, TAIWAN tweet was about! \u2764\ufe0f\ud83e\udde1\ud83d\udc9b\ud83d\udc9a\ud83d\udc99\ud83d\udc9c https://t.co/3Vw3aTUczb\u201d
— alice (@alice) 1495650635

\u201cSame sex marriage is now legal in Taiwan? \n\nYASSSS!\u201d
— The Mean Gay (@The Mean Gay) 1495642817

Congrats, Taiwan!

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