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Jolyon
Japan is destined to become a museum of the past if it cannot look forward.
Mr Kipling
Changes in Japan should be at the will of the Japanese people, not Taiwan, the US or anyone else.
It would seem that the majority of Japan are fine with same sex marriage so maybe the LDP are the problem?
wallace
The majority of Japanese citizens support same-sex marriages. 64%.
Michael Machida
Well, that's a myth.
cuddly
An openly gay assemblyman from Aichi Prefecture and his Taiwanese partner, having just registered their union in Taipei,
There are many things Japanese citizens can do in other countries that are not permitted by law in Japan.
Jeremiah
FACT CHECK: Pants on Fire
Mr. Liu is not Mr. Shibaguchi’s spouse because they are not married. Objective reality informs us that marriage is one man, one woman, one flesh, for one lifetime. Either man can marry someone of their choosing based on the person’s sex, age, familial relationship, and so on. Just like every other person.
virusrex
When no objective reason can be used to refuse allowing those many things then it can be argued that the one in the wrong is the Japanese government. Being legal do not make something good, nor being illegal automatically makes the actions wrong.
That is a flawed analogy, the factors that make desirable for a society to adopt same sex marriage apply universally, the Japanese government have never argued to be a society essentially different from the rest of humanity. That means the urge for the law to adapt to what is already known to be better is justified, even more when the Japanese government have repeatedly declared to work towards gender equality. People are only demanding the government to do what it says is doing.
opheliajadefeldt
As a young gay woman with a live in partner I do not care what the sexual orientation of any one is, nor do I care about what colour or race they are. We are all the same....Humans.... and should be treated with dignity what ever we are.
isabelle
What a terrible analogy. A bottle of coke doesn't affect people's whole lives. Marriage rights can and often do.
Equality should mean equality for all. Come on, Japan: please move into the 21st century and allow same-sex marriage.
isabelle
They are married under Taiwanese law.
By "Objective reality," are you talking about the Bible or something? You can't mean the world we actually live in, as over 30 countries do allow same-sex marriage.
https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/fact-sheet/gay-marriage-around-the-world/
So, whatever is "informing" you, it's informing you wrongly.
ian
Married homosexuals and transgenders can also be legally recognized here in Japan if the couple are of opposite sexes
JJ W
Yes, it would positively change the lives of gay people who are actually affected by it, not their nosy neighbors
Hervé L'Eisa
"Japan remains the only Group of Seven nation that does not recognize same-sex marriage. "
And so it should remain.
TaiwanIsNotChina
Not sure what you get out of Japan being perceived as schizophrenic on every social issue.
kiwiboy
Where's that? I'm visiting family in New Zealand now and a bottle of coke is more like 400yen. Japan's so cheap compared to the rest of the world now we're all going to get stuck, unable to afford to leave.
In Taiwan they are spouses, because they are married. And that marriage would be recognised in NZ, Australia, the UK, France, Germany, all of the Nordic countries, Canada, the US and many more I'm missing out in the interest of word length. It's only a matter of time before Japan does recognise it, it's just dragging it's heels as usual.
Strangerland
How do you explain the existence of millions of same-sex marriages world-wide that don't fit this definition?
Your 'objective reality' in actually seems subjective, requiring ignorance of the existence of those very real marriages.