return2ozma@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoJapan same-sex marriage ban ruled unconstitutional again by courts, remains the only G7 country not to recognizewww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up1315cross-posted to: gay@lemmy.world
arrow-up1315external-linkJapan same-sex marriage ban ruled unconstitutional again by courts, remains the only G7 country not to recognizewww.bbc.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square5fedilinkcross-posted to: gay@lemmy.world
minus-squareWinter8593@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up46·8 months agoSo same sex marriage bans are unconstitutional, but the marriage unions are still not legally recognized? So close!
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·8 months agoYeah this title is super confusing.
minus-squarestoly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·8 months agoI suspect that the courts decided that the legislature has to create a mechanism to recognize but can no longer block marriages.
minus-squareQueriesQueried@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoIIRC that’s correct. Their paperwork is only strictly defining a man and woman, not just “two persons” or something like that.
So same sex marriage bans are unconstitutional, but the marriage unions are still not legally recognized? So close!
Yeah this title is super confusing.
I suspect that the courts decided that the legislature has to create a mechanism to recognize but can no longer block marriages.
IIRC that’s correct. Their paperwork is only strictly defining a man and woman, not just “two persons” or something like that.