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   Shiina (yowatshiinaesq@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Nov-2022 15:45:51 JST Shiina

   Tokyo district court held: the current lack of legislation for same sex marriage violates Japan’s Constitution 
mainichi.jp/articles/20221130/...
#Japan #SameSexMarriage #LGBTQ #MarriageEquality

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     Shiina (yowatshiinaesq@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Nov-2022 16:00:59 JST Shiina

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     (Caveat: I’m no expert of Japanese law)
     There are five cases being fought in multiple courts. Earlier, a district court in Hokkaido also held that the lack of #SameSexMarriage law violated #Japan’s Constitution, whereas a district court in Osaka held otherwise.

     Curious how other two courts will rule. But let’s also not forget that popular values can form the society’s prevalent norms/principles, which could become “soft law,” which in turn could become “hard law.” Ppl make laws. Not vice versa