Hong Kong court hands rare victory to advocates of same sex unions

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : "The judgment clearly states that Hong Kong law must respect and protect same-sex couples.
50% : The majority verdict decided by five judges on the Court of Final Appeal gave Hong Kong two years to create a new framework that would confer "legal recognition" on same-sex relationships "in order to provide them with a sense of legitimacy, dispelling any sense that they belong to an inferior class of persons whose relationship is undeserving of recognition."Hong Kong's top court rules surgery is not needed to register gender change"This can be seen as progress, as success in stages," said Kenneth Cheung, founder of Rainbow of Hong Kong.
43% : The continued exclusion of same-sex couples from the current marriage system not only violates equality, but also harms social harmony," it said.
39% :The group said that without giving same-sex couples the right to marry, however, they would continue to be subjected to unequal treatment.
37% :The ruling is in response to a years-long case brought by jailed democracy activist Jimmy Sham who argued the court should declare the government's longtime denial of same-sex marriage as a violation of Hong Kong's Basic Law, its mini constitution.
35% : While same-sex marriage continues to be banned, judges have ruled in favor of same sex couples married overseas when it comes to issues like applications for visas and tax issues.

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