Japanese court rules that disallowing same-sex marriage is unconstitutional

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

43% : Japan is the only G7 country that does not have a legal framework to allow same-sex marriage, although an increasing number of regional and local governments have allowed gay couples to register civil unions, which carry some rights.
42% : However, two later decisions issued last year by courts in Osaka and Tokyo said that the current legal system, which does not recognize matrimony between people of the same-sex, was constitutional.
41% : The Nagoya court ruled that not recognizing marriage between people of the same-sex violated the constitutional principles of equality before law, individual dignity and gender equality.
39% : Although polls have shown widespread popular support for legalizing same-sex matrimony, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's conservative Liberal Democratic Party has been reluctant to bring reforms in this regard.

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