Japan’s ban on same-sex marriage is not unnstutnal, a urt has led, alg a blow to gay upl and activists seekg greater rights for the LGBTQ muny.
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JAPAN’S SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE IS SOARG. BUT CAN IT BEE LAW?
The cisn me a day after the US Senate passed a same-sex marriage protectn bill and Sgapore lifted a ban on gay sex but limed the prospects for legalizg same-sex marriage. A Japane urt led on Wednday that the ernment's ban on gay marriage is unnstutnal, a landmark cisn that supporters hope will pave the way for marriage equaly the only G-7 natn to not fully regnize same-sex partnerships. "Legal benefs stemmg om marriag should equally benef both homosexuals and heterosexuals, " the urt said, acrdg to the AP.
" Sce 2015, certa Japane municipali have issued "partnership certifit" to gay and lbian upl, which do not nfer legal stat equivalent to marriage but allow for shared rental agreements and hospal visatn rights. " Kanako Otsuji, an opposn party member and one of Japan's few openly gay policians, said a tweet reported by The Guardian that she was "tly, tly happy" about the verdict, and urged the legislature to "liberate a proposed amendment to the civil to make same-sex marriage possible.
The Tim not that while gay sex has been legal Japan sce 1880, social stigma means many members of the LGBT muny fd hard to e out even to their fai.