The Faith And Hope League (FHL; ) is a
Christian
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political party in
Taiwan
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formed in 2015. The party emerged from the fifth "Conference of National Affairs Forum of Taiwan Pastors" hold by Taiwan Christian Union. The party is led by presidium, consisting of Chen Chih-hung, a pastor of
Taiwan Lutheran Church
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;
Joanna Lei, former legislator of
New Party; Benson Wang, a businessman and member of
Taichung
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Banner Church; Chung Tung-chieh, pastor of Sanmin Church, a church of the
Taiwan Lutheran Church
The Taiwan Lutheran Church (TLC; ) is one of the six Lutheran bodies in Taiwan. It currently has 80 mission sites nationwide (including 40 local congregations, 30 church plants and 10 parachurch organizations) with a total of 11,422 baptized mem ...
in
Kaohsiung
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; and Chang Hsin-yi, pastor of City Spring of Life Full Gospel Church.
The FHL nominated 16 candidates in the
2016 general election, 10 for Constituencies and 6 party list, but failed to gain any seats.
Platform
The FHL was formed in order to oppose the legalization of
same-sex marriage
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via its counterproposal, a referendum petition that advocated "family protection" by only allowing the husband-wife relationship, consanguinity and familial ethics, and cannot be passed without a national vote.
History
The party was established on 6 September 2015, which is for running the proportional seats in the Legislative Yuan.
Leadership
Presidium Terms
Election
Taiwan legislative election, 2016
See also
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Same-sex marriage in Taiwan
Same-sex marriage in Taiwan became legal on 24 May 2019, making Taiwan the first state in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage.
On 24 May 2017, the Constitutional Court of the Judicial Yuan ruled that the existing law which only defined marriage a ...
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Christian right
The Christian right, or the religious right, are Christian political factions characterized by their strong support of socially conservative and traditionalist policies. Christian conservatives seek to influence politics and public policy with t ...
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List of political parties in Taiwan
This article lists the political parties in the Republic of China (Taiwan) from 7 December 1949.
The organization of political parties in Taiwan is governed by the Political Parties Act, enacted on 6 December 2017. The Political Parties Act de ...
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Politics of the Republic of China
The Republic of China (Chinese: 中華民國政治, Pinyin: ''Zhōnghuá Mínguó de zhèngzhì'') (commonly known as Taiwan) is governed in a framework of a Representative democracy, representative democratic republic under a Five-Power ...
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Referendums in Taiwan
Referendums in Taiwan at both the national and local level are governed by the ''Referendum Act'' of Taiwan, which was enacted by the Legislative Yuan in December 2003. Citizens can propose laws via referendums at the national and local levels. T ...
References
External links
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