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The marriage over the weekend of a Taiwanese lesbian couple in the island's first Buddhist same-sex wedding has sparked debate about just how far Taiwanese society has progressed in its treatment of homosexuals.
8月11日，臺灣舉行首例同性戀佛化婚禮，激起了有關(guān)臺灣社會對待同性戀問題的開放程度的熱議。
Huang Mei-yu and Yu Ya-ting, both 30, exchanged vows at a Buddhist monastery in Guangyin Township in northern Taiwan on Saturday in a ceremony attended by more than 100 guests but not the couple's parents, according to local media reports.
據(jù)當(dāng)?shù)孛襟w報(bào)道，今年都是30歲的黃美瑜和游雅婷8月11日在臺灣北部的觀音鄉(xiāng)，依照傳統(tǒng)佛教儀式舉行了婚禮?，F(xiàn)場共有100多位來賓觀禮，但兩對新人的父母均未出席。
Taiwan has long been celebrated as for its embrace of the homosexuality. Host to the biggest gay pride parade in Asia each year, the capital city of Taipei was named one of Asia's top 10 gay-friendly travel destinations in May by the website gaytravel.com.
臺灣對同性戀持較為開放的態(tài)度，歷來頗受贊賞。臺北市每年會舉辦亞洲規(guī)模最大的同性戀游行，5月份被同性戀旅游網(wǎng)站gaytravel.com評為亞洲十大同性戀友好旅游目的地之一。
When he was mayor of Taipei, Taiwanese president Ma Ying-jeou even presided over several group gay weddings an act that would have been almost unimaginable as late as 1997, when gay men were still subject to identity checks in certain parts of the city.
臺灣地區(qū)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人馬英九在擔(dān)任臺北市市長期間，還曾主持過幾場同性戀集體婚禮。這在1997年以前根本難以想象，那時(shí)候，同性戀男子想進(jìn)入臺北的某些地方還需要接受身份證檢查。
But Taiwan falls short, activists say, when it comes to taking what many regards as the most important step in protecting gay rights: legalizing same-sex marriage.
但活動人士稱，臺灣還有做得不足之處，沒有采取在很多人看來對保護(hù)同性戀權(quán)利最重要的一步：促成同性戀婚姻的合法化。
'Public awareness and acceptance of homosexual community is rising, but the fight for legalization of for same-sex marriage remains an uphill battle,' said Kuan Yu, a staff member at the Taiwan Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Family Rights Advocacy, the group that helped organized the wedding.
臺灣同志家庭權(quán)益促進(jìn)會(Taiwan LGBT Family Rights Advocacy)的工作人員Kuan Yu表示，“現(xiàn)在公眾對同性戀人群的認(rèn)識和接受度都在不斷提升，但為同性戀婚姻爭取合法化的努力仍然困難重重?！痹摯龠M(jìn)會幫助組織了黃美瑜和游雅婷的婚禮。
Despite Mr. Ma's past a gay rights advocate, the president's party, the Kuomintang (or Nationalist Party), has shied away from pushing the legalization of gay marriage.
雖然馬英九認(rèn)可了一項(xiàng)同性戀權(quán)利倡議，但他所在的執(zhí)政黨國民黨仍不愿推動同性戀婚姻的相關(guān)立法。
In 2006, legislator Hsiao Bi-khim of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party proposed a bill to recognize same-sex marriages but it was returned due to insufficient signatures. Since then, neither party has made any new efforts to revive the proposal.
民進(jìn)黨籍立法委員蕭美琴曾在2006年提出同性婚姻法草案，但因簽名人數(shù)不足而被駁回。此后，兩黨均無任何重提該草案的新行動。
Ms. Kuan, 29, who came out of the closet to her family two years ago, said the community doesn't expect any headway to be made in the near term but will still push for a passage of the bill in the next legislative session starting September.
今年29歲的Kuan Yu兩年前向家人坦承了自己的同性戀取向。她表示，短期來看，估計(jì)在同性戀權(quán)益方面很難取得進(jìn)展，但臺灣同志家庭權(quán)益促進(jìn)會仍將進(jìn)行努力，推動有關(guān)草案在立法院從9月份開始的下一會期內(nèi)通過。
'Our goal is to draw attention to the issue of universal human rights to be with the person you love and to stir up discussion on the issue,' she said.
她說，“我們的目標(biāo)是引起大家對于‘同相愛的人在一起’這個(gè)普世人權(quán)的關(guān)注，并促進(jìn)關(guān)于這個(gè)問題的討論?！?/div>
James Yang, a spokesman for Gin Gin Store, one of the first bookstores dedicated to the LGBT community and sexology in the Chinese-speaking world, blames the legislators of turning a deaf ear. 'The legislators are representatives of the people's will and how much have they done much to represent our interest? Not a whole lot,' he said.
華人圈內(nèi)首家同志主題書店晶晶書庫(Gin Gin Store)的發(fā)言人楊平靖譴責(zé)立法委員們在這個(gè)問題上裝聾作啞。他說，“立法委員應(yīng)該是民意的代表，而這些人做過些什么來為我們爭取權(quán)益呢？根本沒做過什么?！?/div>
That's unfair, said Wu Yu-sheng, a KMT lawmaker, who argued the gay community is the one that has been slow about promoting their cause.
國民黨籍立法委員吳育升則辯稱，這樣的指責(zé)是不公平的。他表示，同性戀社團(tuán)才是行動遲緩的一方。
'Many of my colleagues and I are open to discussing the issue, but I have never received any request from the gay rights lobbying groups to have a discussion,' he said.
他說，“我的很多同僚以及我本人都很樂意討論這個(gè)問題，但我從未收到過來自任何同性戀權(quán)益游說團(tuán)體要求討論這個(gè)問題的訴求?！?/div>
The debate surrounding same-sex marriage in Taiwan has nothing to do with intolerance of different sexual preferences, but is about pragmatic issues such as inheritance and child rearing, Mr. Wu said, adding 'it will take a long while before a consensus is reached.'
吳育升表示，在臺灣，關(guān)于同性戀婚姻立法的討論與對不同性取向的包容度無關(guān)，而是與遺產(chǎn)和兒童教養(yǎng)等問題一樣，是很務(wù)實(shí)的事情，“需要很長時(shí)間才能夠達(dá)成某種一致意見”。
In the absence of legal recognition, will other gay couples follow Huang and Yu's example and walk the Buddhist path toward marriage?
那么，暫時(shí)得不到法律上的認(rèn)同，其他同性戀伴侶會效仿黃美瑜和游雅婷，選擇佛化婚禮嗎？
Chao Shi-hui, the Buddhist master that performed Saturday's wedding, said there is no hard rule on homosexuality in Buddhism, which holds that the central tenets in any strong relationship are purity and selflessness qualities that aren't determined by sexual orientation.
為黃美瑜和游雅婷主持婚禮的昭慧法師表示，佛教對同性戀問題并無明確教規(guī)教義，佛教強(qiáng)調(diào)在任何密切關(guān)系中所應(yīng)秉持的基本原則是純凈、無私，而這些都與性取向無關(guān)。
'What they [Ms. Huang and Ms. Yu] did was very inspiring,' Ms. Chao said. 'But I haven't received any other requests for more gay weddings because, truthfully, courageous people like them are still quite few.'
昭慧法師表示，黃美瑜和游雅婷的選擇非常令人鼓舞，但她還沒有收到其他任何希望舉辦同性戀婚禮的請求。坦白來講，“像黃美瑜和游雅婷這樣有勇氣的人并不多?！?/p>
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| awareness | [ə'wɛənis] |
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| selflessness |
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| celebrated | ['selibreitid] |
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| ceremony | ['seriməni] |
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| recognition | [.rekəg'niʃən] |
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| community | [kə'mju:niti] |
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