Tokyo Court Rejects Claim Challenging Ban on Same-Sex Marriages

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : The latest verdict comes hours after the US Senate easily passed a bill enshrining same-sex marriage rights.
50% : While polls show marriage equality already has broad public backing in Japan, attitudes differ widely between generations in the rapidly aging country, with elderly people far less likely to approve than their younger counterparts.
49% : "The government should accept this ruling sincerely and start work immediately on changing the rules in this case, so as to quickly open the door to marriage for same-sex couples," the lawyers representing the plaintiffs said in a statement posted on the Change4 website.
48% : A survey carried out by the Mainichi newspaper and Saitama University from November 2021 to January 2022 found 71% of respondents aged 18-29 said same-sex marriage should be legally recognized.
41% : Tokyo's District Court ruled that the country's lack of recognition for same-sex marriage doesn't violate the constitution.
38% : But the presiding judge also said the absence of a legal framework allowing same-sex partners to become a family posed a "grave threat" to their rights.
34% : Last year, a court on the northern island of Hokkaido ruled that the lack of recognition for same-sex marriage violated constitutional rights.

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