Bolin and Lun Mei show support for Marriage Equality

On the 17th, the legislation council of Yuan has drafted an amendment to the law of same sex marriage causing dissatisfaction among groups. On the same day, there were protesters at the legislative council who voiced their opinion for a change in the ammendment. At the scene, there were many couples that carried rainbow flags as well as celebrities who were present to voice out their opinion. Although not everyone have the same view, their speeches showed their solitary support becoming Taiwan's most popular topic these past few days. Among them were Chicken Drumstick Girl, Jam Hsiao, Aaron Yan, Rainie Yang, Zhang Shu Hao who showed their support for the movement. There are now 3 additional supporters for the movement, namely the Blue Gate Crossing Team of Director Yee Chih-Yan, Chen Bolin and Gui Lun Mei.

In the wee hours of the morning, Director Yee Chih-Yan posted a picture showing his support. The picture was accompanied by the text "Sincere blessing, must be one that is free from fear." He was not in the picture but it was the actors whom he directed in the movie "Blue Gate Crossing". Both of them had a bright smile on their faces while holding up a sign that says "We support marriage equality # Change law 972" , a representation of them standing up for the rights of marriage equality and supporting the change in the amendment. This courageous move has been praised by netizens with many leaving messages such as "happy and moved," "Thank you, you guys are great", "Tears are rolling", "Thank you from Meng Ke Rou, Zhang Shihao (Their character's name in "Blue Gate Crossing") for the blessing!"

Chenbolinfan Notes :

When I saw this picture, I was touched by its deep meaning. Director Yee discussed the sensitive issue in his Blue Gate Crossing movie where Gui Lun Mei's character was conflicted by loving her best friend of the same sex. In the movie, she did not have the courage to voice out how she felt for fear of rejection, venting her frustrations only to a school wall through her scribblings and telling her secrets to the boy who had a crush on her (Chen Bolin's character, Zhang Shih-Hao).

I seriously do not understand why governments would interfere with issues like this. If they choose to continue this, there will be many young teenagers who will suppress their feelings and the repercussions of that will lead to many social problems. Loving someone is irregardless of skin color or gender. Ultimately, we do not choose who we fall in love with and governments is the least of ALL people who should decide who we should or should not spend the rest of our lives with.

Thanks to the Blue Gate Crossing Team for supporting the movement.

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Original Text : http://ent.ltn.com.tw/news/breakingnews/1892191

陳柏霖桂綸鎂挺婚姻平權！支持修改民法972條

〔記者陳昱均／綜合報導〕同性婚姻修正草案於17日受立法院司法委員會審議，引發反同團體不滿，當天聚集在立法院前抗議，認為該草案應該進行公投，現場也出現了不少同婚支持者帶著彩虹旗到現場聲援，許多藝人近日來也紛紛站出來表態，即使不是所有人意見都相同，不過其發言都各有擁護者聲援，成了台灣這幾天來最熱門的議題。繼雞排妹、蕭敬騰、炎亞綸、楊丞琳、張書豪等人都出面挺同婚後，現在支持同婚的陣營又多了3名生力軍，分別是《藍色大門》導演易智言、以及該劇演員陳柏霖、桂綸鎂。

易智言導演今天凌晨於臉書PO文：「真誠的祝福，一定要免於恐懼的自由。」他並附上一張照片，照片裡不是自己，正是過去曾一起演過自己執導的《藍色大門》的桂綸鎂與陳柏霖合照，面帶燦爛笑容的2人，手中更拿著寫有：「我們支持婚姻平權，#修改民法972（內容：婚約應由男女當事人自行訂定）」的字卡，挺身站出來挺同婚、支持修法。這種勇敢的舉動被網友讚翻，不少人留言表示：「開心又感動」、「謝謝，你們好棒」、「眼淚滾動了一下」、「謝謝來自孟克柔、張士豪（《藍色大門》中的角色名）的祝福！」

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