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    1. PorkChopEat on

      Interesting. Is the same sex marriage ban in Ukraine constitutional as well?

    6. vinean on

      Yay Taiwan, Thailand and Nepal! And yay calling Taiwan a country.

      Meh, now it goes to the Supreme Court on appeal.

    7. itsFelbourne on

      This is a ruling in regards to this specific lawsuit. It doesn’t represent legal precedence. The five previous rulings in the opposite direction didn’t make marriage equality de jure legal by ruling the ban unconstitutional, and this ruling also has no actual bearing on which direction the law is headed

      All of these cases are headed to the Supreme Court which is almost certain to strike down the ban.

    11. meenarstotzka on

      Not shocking how right-wing Japan can be at times, but I’m more curious how far the „right wave“ in Japan can go right now. Japan usually switch back and forth politically between left and right (not the social or culture). I think with the current trends of right and far-right have been suffering in their popularity right now, it will take sometime until Japan realize about it. Japanese government and PM don’t usually last long after the Abe’s era (even the Abe’s party as well).

    12. happybaby00 on

      Yet when African or middle Eastern country says the same thing, they get called backwards and need colonialism back but no negative comments with Japan doing it by westerners haha

    13. Goontrained on

      Not a huge surprise, Japan is culturally not very friendly towards the gays so opposition is going to be pretty high even if everything is legally sound.

    14. MoonoftheStar on

      Unsurprising.

      Japan is suffering a birthing crisis, is staunchly conservative, and has a strong focus on tradition.

      Sucks for the gay citizens there.

    15. Sirmalta on

      Goddamn it Japan.

      Its my favortire place on this planet, but its weird sex stuff are a huge reason I’d never live there.

      Well, that and the constant looming threats of war and natural disaster.

    16. Livid-Safety2555 on

      No surprise, Japan’s history of judicial review is terrible. Laws are very rarely overturned, when they are, the legislature often refuses to remove them from the books. Their legal test for what they consider cruel and unusual punishment is basically to shrug and say don’t boil people alive.

    20. ichibkk on

      By the way, let me ask a basic question: Are Western Christian values inherently correct?

      After all, about 80% of countries in the world do not recognize same-sex marriage, and if we limit the scope to non-Christian countries, Taiwan is the only one that recognizes it. If Taiwan is not counted as a country, then the number is literally zero.

      Nepal, Thailand, and Japan show some possibility, but beyond them, it’s not even a topic of discussion.

    21. Ok_Resolve_1754 on

      Oh, well that solves it. The issue was if it was constitutional or not, and not a broader social issue. Fight over. Everyone go home. /s

    22. nezeta on

      Note that the court is only permitted to determine whether something is constitutional or not. Since Article 24 states that „Marriage shall be based only on the mutual consent of both sexes“, banning same-sex marriage is perfectly constitutional.

      So it is the Constitution that is wrong, not this court decision. It is clear that same-sex marriage should be recognized under modern values, but doing so requires a constitutional amendment.

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