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You Ya-ting, left, and her partner Huang Mei-yu stamp their names in front of a statue of Buddha in the prayer hall as they are married in the first Taiwan same sex Buddhist ceremonial wedding
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Taiwan holds first same-sex Buddhist wedding

You Ya-ting and Huang Mei-yu married in a historic ceremony at a monastery in Taoyuan on Saturday.

TWO TAIWANESE WOMEN have tied the knot  in the country’s first same-sex Buddhist wedding ceremony on Saturday.

Taiwan still does not legally recognize same sex marriage but the Taipei Times says You Ya-ting and her partner Huang Mei-yu have written an open letter to President Ma Ying-jeou urging the government to change this.

The couple exchanged prayer beads and stamped seals on a marriage certificate during the ceremony at a monastery in Taoyuan County, Taiwan.

Ya-ting (30) and Mei-yu (30) are both Buddhists, and have been going out for seven years.

Inquirer Life & Style said that the women were married by a female Buddhist master, Shih Chao-hui.

Yesterday, a March for Marriage was held in Dublin, calling for marriage equality in Ireland.

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