A Japanese court says the country's same-sex marriage ban is constitutional. LGBT activists say that won't stop their fight
in Japan suffered a blow on June 20, when a court in the country’s third-most populous city ruled that freedom of marriage in the constitution referred only to male-female unions, and that the country’s ban on same-sex marriage was therefore constitutional.
The Osaka District Court also rejected demands for compensation for one million yen in damages, per couple, by three couples who said their right to free union and equality had been violated, according to the Associated Press . Activists say that although the decision is disappointing, the fight for marriage equality is far from over, and they are making progress.
“There is momentum in society for change and the LGBT community will not stop,” says Kanae Doi, the Japan director of NGO Human Rights Watch . While conceding that “the judiciary is slow to change and more conservative,” Doi says “Japanese public opinion is already supportive of marriage equality” and “It can take time for the LGBT rights movement to change the existing [legislature] and the judiciary, but it is surely changing.
Plaintiffs march to the Osaka District Court before a judgment on same-sex marriage in Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture on June 20, 2022.The ruling was the second in response to a series of lawsuits filed by more than a dozen same-sex couples at district courts around Japan on
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