'Major step' for equality as Japan court rules against same-sex marriage ban

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Taiwan became the first place in Asia to legalise same-sex marriages in 2019.
55% : "It's a major step toward achieving marriage equality," he said.
52% : "With regard to issues surrounding the introduction of same-sex marriage, we believe it is important to pay close attention to the opinions of all parts of the public," he said.
50% :More than 300 Japanese municipalities, covering some 65% of the population, allow same-sex couples to enter partnership agreements but these are limited in scope; partners can't inherit each other's assets or have parental rights to each other's children.
50% : A new law would have to be passed in Japan before same-sex marriages could actually take place.
45% : Nagoya District Court's decision was the second against same-sex marriage out of four cases over the past two years, and is likely to add to pressure to change the law in a country in which the constitution says marriage is between a man and a woman.
41% :Opinion polls show some 70% of the public supports same-sex marriage, but it is opposed by the the conservative ruling Liberal Democratic Party of prime minister Fumio Kishida.
35% : Asato Yamada, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, said the court's ruling said clearly that not allowing same-sex marriage violates the guarantee of equal rights under Article 14 of the constitution.
35% : LGBT+ activists and their supporters have increased their efforts to achieve an anti-discrimination law since a former Kishida aide said in February that he wouldn't want to live next to LGBT+ people and that citizens would flee Japan if same-sex marriage were allowed.
28% : Please try again later{{ /verifyErrors }}A court has ruled that Japan's policy against same-sex marriage is unconstitutional - a decision welcomed as a step towards marriage equality in the only G7 nation with no legal protection for same-sex unions.

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