In landmark ruling, Japan court says it is ‘unconstitutional’ to bar same-sex marriage : worldnews

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The ruling by a district court, the first in Japan on the legality of same-sex marriages, is a major symbolic victory in a country where the constitution still defines marriage as being based on “The mutual consent of both sexes”.

While a new law will be needed before same-sex marriages can actually take place – which could take some time in socially conservative Japan – the plaintiffs’ lawyer called the ruling “Revolutionary”, while LGBT activists deemed it life-changing.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato told a news conference he had not read the ruling in detail but that the government would “Carefully watch” the outcomes of the other court cases.

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