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The economic impact of legalizing same-sex marriage

Professor Wen Yingqian's article "The Impact of the Legalization of Same-Sex Marriage on the Economy" in the 35th issue of your journal is objective, generous, incisive, and powerful. Like many of the articles he has written in your journal, it is worth reading and re-reading.

In recent months, there have been quite a few articles on the topic of homosexuality in the Chinese church community, but this is at least the first time I have seen it analyzed from an economic perspective. As Professor Wen reminded, even if something has so-called "positive" benefits for the economy, it may not be legitimate. What's more, trends such as same-sex marriage and plural families have brought about public health concerns, sexual assault, ethical breakdown and many other negative impacts. The indirect costs are even more difficult to estimate and have become a huge liability for the entire human society!

Hsinchu, Taiwan, Shumin Lin

All-round writer

I noticed that in your journal, some important articles are often written or interviewed by the editor-in-chief or members of the editorial team. Take the last issue as an example, there are "Caleb-type literary masters", "The impact of the trend of legalizing same-sex marriage on the economy", "Telling stories with life, telling life stories", "For love, the emperor is also crazy", "Vision" "With Heaven and Earth" and "Humanity is the key" and so on.

I am also a writer, and I know that editing work is busy, trivial, time-consuming, and labor-intensive. Therefore, many editors are overwhelmed with copywriting for a long time, and it is extremely difficult to write wonderful works. I would like to sincerely applaud the editorial team of your journal for being an example of "all-round writers"! And I heard that everyone was born in the KRC Literary Camp, which makes people have great respect and curiosity about this camp with many achievements.

Phoenix, USA, Lu Ying

How do Christians view large street movements?

The community section of the last issue of your magazine devoted significant space to reporting on November 30, 2013, when Taiwanese Christians united with other religions and communities that adhered to traditional family values to jointly issue the righteous call of the "silent majority". The writing was vivid, the pictures were vivid, and more importantly The most important thing is to point out the ideas and thinking behind this activity.

Four months later, the "Sunflower Student Movement" broke out, and with the momentum of occupying the Legislative Yuan, it also went to Kaidao, and it was said that 300,000 people supported it. So far, the cry of "praise for the happiness of the next generation" that day, seems to have been submerged in a new wave of mass movements.

In an "impetuous" and "hyperactive" society, in a culture where the attention of the media and the masses is "fickle" and "forgetful", Christians are concerned about large-scale street movements, speaking out for collective demands, and dealing with secular media. What attitude should we adopt in our negotiations and interactions? We deeply hope that Christian political, social, and communication scholars can conduct in-depth discussions and suggestions, so as to avoid frequent fluctuations, hasty responses, loss of proactive and long-term planning, and failure to accumulate resources.

Taipei, Taiwan, Zhang Shengzong