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Japan Court: Ban On Same-Sex Marriage Is ‘Unconstitutional’

Charlotte Pence Bond
Japan Court: Ban On Same-Sex Marriage Is ‘Unconstitutional’
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A district court in Japan has ruled that the country’s lack of recognizing same-sex marriage is “unconstitutional.”

The ruling is the first one to address the legality of same-sex marriages in the country. The case that brought the issue into focus was one of many cases that came to district courts in the country and involved a collection of same-sex couples who sought “damages for mental suffering,” as reported by BBC.

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