 A November 2013 poll of 1,377 adults commissioned by cable news channel TVBS indicated that 45% opposed same-sex unions, while 40% were in favour.An opinion poll released in December 2014 showed that 54 percent of the Taiwanese people would support the legalization of same-sex marriage, while 44.6 percent were not in favor.When conservative religious groups opposed to same-sex marriage launched a petition for public support of their position, a staff editorial from the English-language "China Post" questioned the logic of the opponents' arguments and endorsed the legalization of same-sex marriage as "a huge step forward in the fight for universal equality akin to ending apartheid".