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Fourth ruling is step ahead for LGBTQ neighborhood ahead of vote on anti-discrimination invoice

Plaintiffs stroll to Fukuoka District Court docket for a ruling in a lawsuit on identical-intercourse marriage in Fukuoka, Japan, on June 8.   © Kyodo

ALICE FRENCH, Nikkei crew creatorJune 8, 2023 12:43 JST | Japan

TOKYO — A fourth Jap court docket on Thursday dominated the nation’s denial of marriage rights to identical-intercourse couples to be constitutionally problematic, handing over a seize to the LGBTQ neighborhood within the finest G7 member command yet to legally acknowledge identical-intercourse unions.

In a case introduced by three identical-intercourse couples against the command, a mediate on the Fukuoka District Court docket in southern Japan came all around the nation’s fresh lack of marriage equality presents an “unconstitutional snort.”

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