中文摘要 |
司法院大法官於2017年5月24日做出了承認同性婚姻的釋字第748號解釋。在此號解釋之中,大法官以憲法第22條的概括性保障條款以及第7條的平等原則來對現行民法規定不承認同性間婚姻的規定宣告違憲,同時令立法機關於2年內進行「修法」或制定「專法」來保障同性婚姻。然而,此號解釋採2年內定期失效之違憲宣告,而本號解釋做成至今已逾一年卻不見立法者有明顯的議論或立法動向,甚者最近中選會審議通過了「你是否同意民法婚姻規定應限定在一男一女的結合?」的這樣帶有反同性婚姻意涵的公投案,在在顯示承認同性婚姻所帶來的社會價值秩序之衝突。而今後立法院究竟會採修改民法或是制定專法來保障同性婚姻仍是不明,因此,做為亞洲第一起承認同性婚姻的憲法案例,仔細了解本號解釋判斷架構以及理論模式的特點與不足處,相信定能對今後同性婚姻合法化應採之方向有所助益。
On May 24, 2017, the Justices of Constitutional Court, Judicial Yuan, R.O.C. made an interpretation of the J.Y. interpretation No. 748(Same-Sex Marriage Case). In this interpretation, the Justices of Constitutional Court, with the Article 22 of the Constitution and the principle of equality of Article 7, declares that the civil law that the non-recognition of same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, and ordering the legislature to 'modify the law' or enact a 'special law' within two years to protect the freedom of marriage of homosexuals. However, he J.Y. interpretation No. 748 is declared to expire periodically within 2 years. The interpretation of this number has been made for more than one year, but there is no obvious discussion or legislative move by the legislators. Even recently, 'Do you agree that civil law marriage rules should be limited to a combination of a man and a woman?' Such a referendum case has also appeared. This also shows the conflict of the social value order brought about by the recognition of same-sex marriage. In the future, it will still be unclear whether Legislative Yuan will adopt amendments to civil law or enact a special law to guarantee same-sex marriage. Therefore, as the first constitutional case in Asia to recognize same-sex marriage, to understand the judgment structure of this interpretation and the characteristics and deficiencies of the theoretical model are believed to be helpful in the future direction of legalization of same-sex marriage. |