Casual Junior Member430 postsJoined: Jan 2022QUOTE(alexandersuk @ May 31 2023, 08:47 AM) after a court ruled that a ban on them was unconstitutional. It is the second time a court in Japan has ruled the ban unconstitutional, while two other courts have decreed the ban is in line with the postwar constitution, which defines marriage as based on “the mutual consent of both sexes”. Mizushima was referring to a ruling in Osaka last year that the ban was not unconstitutional. A court in Tokyo later reached a similar conclusion but said the lack of legal protection for same-sex families violated their human rights. A court in Tokyo later reached a similar conclusion but said the lack of legal protection for same-sex families violated their human rights.

Source: The Guardian May 31, 2023 00:55 UTC