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Osaka to start recognizing LGBT couples from July

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One would think that the national government could save all these municipalities the trouble and make it the law of the land!

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Good for them!

7 ( +12 / -5 )

Great news. We'll hit 38° soon enough. Where the wards go, the city will follow, and where the cities go, the country will have to follow.

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Yabaru

One would think that the national government could save all these municipalities the trouble and make it the law of the land!

But they won't! They still have the likes of that numb nuts yesterday, believing you're selfish for not having kids. You would be considered even more selfish batting for the other side.It's great to see some progressive thinking at the local level, shame it can't trickle up hill to a national level.

4 ( +9 / -5 )

Bravo.

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Each to their own. Live and let live. Japan, finally doing the right thing and staying relevant.

What next?

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Another small step in the right direction.

3 ( +6 / -3 )

Another small step in the right direction.

Way too small.

Let me put it in this context: Some local regions of Taiwan started to adopt these kind of legislation after Japan started with Shibuya. These registrations were criticized by the LGBT movement in Taiwan as a "Joke" because it was for the most part meaningless since it was almost not legal binding, and after 2 years of discussion the supreme court of Taiwan declared that not recognizing same-sex marriage was unconstitutional.

Meanwhile in Japan, International couples are unable to get family visas, are there is now in court a case of a Taiwanese man who is being deported, even thou he has lived for decades in Japan with his Japanese partner because the Japanese Government refuses to accept the de-facto marriage status for same sex couples (an status that even incestuous couples can enjoy).

And if you try to bring your legally married same-sex spouse to Japan, he might get visa, but it won't be a family visa, but an "Special activity" visa, once again, because the Japanese government simply do not want to accept same-sex couples as being married under any circumstance.

These legislations are unable to solve any legal problem that LGBT people have, which is the number of people registering with there "partnership agreements" is abysmal.

If you want to get more legal rights as a couple in Japan, it is way more useful to "adopt" your partner (which is a practice people from the LGBT community have been doing for decades), in which your partner is legally seen as your family (unlike these certificates, which do not).

It is also more useful to sign personal marriage contracts coupled with a will with help of a lawyer, since it will be more useful in case of separation or death, unlike this certificate that does nothing more that being an "official gay card" with almost 0 benefits.

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Osaka would do better to show love and compassion by being supportive of every member of society rather than by offering special privileges to a select group.

How is having the same rights a "special privilege"?

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Osaka would do better to show love and compassion by being supportive of every member of society rather than by offering special privileges to a select group.

A privileged group already has special privileges. This measure is a step towards giving everyone those special privileges, rather than just that one group.

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I will send flowers to my lesbian friends who have changed countries so many times.

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A small step in the right direction.

Equal rights for all!

4 ( +6 / -2 )

Good news. How about making it illegal to deny them rights?

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