Court's ruling against same-sex marriage sets up a Japan Supreme Court decision

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : Though discrimination still exists at school, work and elsewhere, public backing for legalizing same-sex marriage and support in the business community have rapidly increased in recent years.
48% : Judge Ayumi Higashi said a legal definition of a family as a unit between a couple and their children is rational and that exclusion of same-sex marriage is valid.
46% : TOKYO (AP) -- A court found Japan's refusal to legalize same-sex marriage was constitutional Friday in the last of six cases that are expected to be brought to the Supreme Court for a final and definitive ruling, possibly next year.
43% : Japan is the only member of the Group of Seven industrialized countries that does not recognize same-sex marriage or provide any other form of legally binding protection for LGBTQ+ couples.
43% : The government has argued that marriage under civil law does not cover same-sex couples and places importance on natural reproduction.
42% : Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi 's conservative ruling Liberal Democratic Party is the main opponent of same-sex marital rights in Japan.
40% : More than 30 plaintiffs have joined the lawsuits on marriage equality filed across Japan since 2019.
37% : They argue that civil law provisions barring same-sex marriage violate the Constitutional right to equality and freedom of marriage.

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