跨國同婚勝訴 澳門伴侶終成台灣女婿　Cross-national Same-sex couple married after court victory

A same-sex couple, Ting a Taiwanese national and Leung from Macao, was legally married after winning an unprecedented court victory. At first, their marriage registration was rejected based on Taiwanese law, which says same-sex couples involving a partner from a country in which gay marriage is illegal are not allowed to marry in Taiwan.

In May 2021, the rejection was overturned by the Taipei High Administrative Court. In its ruling, the court cited Macao’s Civil Code as stating that legal jurisdiction for civil matters is based on a person’s place of habitual residence, and since Leong has been a resident of Taiwan since 2017, Taiwan’s laws should be applied. However, their victory did not change the situation for other same-sex couples.

友善讓你懂 │ 解說：

　
台灣籍的丁則言和澳門籍的梁展輝是一對同志伴侶，共同生活在台灣。他們近期終於順利成婚，卻是在一場前所未有的判決勝訴後。一開始，他們無法登記結婚，因為台灣法律規定，同性伴侶的其中一方伴侶，若是來自同婚尚未合法國家，不得在台灣結婚。

此後他們便展開一系列的司法訴訟。在2021年5月，台北高等行政法院推翻了原先的駁回決定。法院在裁決中援引《澳門民法》規定，指出民事案件的法律管轄權，是基於一個人的經常居住地，而梁展輝自2017年以來一直是台灣居民，因此應適用台灣法律。然而，他們的勝利目前只是個案，依然沒有改變其他同性伴侶的處境。跨國同性伴侶若要合法結婚，得繼續推動相關單位修法。

輕鬆帶著走 │ 學習：

　
Overturn的意思是翻倒、推翻，可以是字面上的翻倒，

例句：
The truck went off the road and overturned several times. 卡車衝出公路並翻了好幾次。

也可以是推翻（意見、判決、政權等），

例句：
The court overturned his conviction. 法庭推翻了他的定罪。
They plotted to overturn the government. 他們密謀推翻政府。

其他單字：

• unprecedented 前所未有的
• registration  登記
• apply 適用