Tue Jun 21, 2022 – 3:34 pm EDT
OSAKA, Japan (LifeSiteNews) – A Japanese court has ruled that the country’s ban on homosexual “marriage” is not unconstitutional.
A district court in Osaka ruled Monday that Japan’s ban of same-sex unions did not contradict the Japanese constitution. The ruling was the result of a lawsuit filed by three homosexual couples, two of men and one of women. The ruling contradicted a March 2021 ruling from a district court in Sapporo that found that the ban violated the right to free unions and equality.
Judge Fumi Doi of Osaka ruled that marriage is a system established by society to protect relationships between men and women who bear and raise children, and that homosexual unions are still an object of debate in Japanese society. The court also rejected the plaintiffs’ desire for $7,400 in damages. However, the court opined that the Japanese parliament should look for ways to create legal protections for same-sex relationships and and legalize homosexual “marriage.”
“From the perspective of individual dignity, it can be said that it is necessary to realize the benefits of same-sex couples being publicly recognized through official recognition,” the court
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