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Japan’s ban on same-sex marriage is not unnstutnal, a urt has led, alg a blow to gay upl and activists seekg greater rights for the LGBTQ muny.

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WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT A SEEMGLY FAKE DOCUMENT A GAY RIGHTS CASE

A supposed requt for a webse for a same-sex weddg played a mor role a major clash between ee speech and gay rights at the Supreme Court. * gay rights asia *

AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTA supposed requt for a webse for a same-sex weddg played a mor role a major clash between ee speech and gay rights at the Supreme Supreme Court led last week that a Colorado graphic signer has the right to refe to create webs for same-sex Jiang for The New York TimAfter the Supreme Court led last week that a Colorado graphic signer has the right to refe to create webs for same-sex marriag, crics of the cisn raised qutns about a form clud urt papers the se that appeared to show that a gay uple had sought the servic of the signer, Lorie man who supposedly submted the form said he was unaware of s existence until a reporter for The New Republic lled him.

He is, moreover, straight, married to a woman and a supporter of gay rights. More about Adam LiptakA versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 12 of the New York edn wh the headle: Crics Are Qutng a Seemgly Fake Document a Recent Gay Rights Case. Japan’s ban on same-sex marriage is not unnstutnal, a urt has led, alg a blow to gay upl and activists seekg greater rights for the LGBTQ muny.

The lg of the Osaka urt dashed the hop of gay rights activists who are prsurg the ernment to rethk s opposn to same-sex marriage.

WHY SGAPORE’S GAY SEX LAW CHANGE IS A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD FOR LGBTQ ACTIVISTS

Japan, where homosexualy has been legal sce 1880, is relatively liberal pared to some Asian natns. For example, gay sex remas illegal Sgapore spe growg lls to change the lonial-era law. India’s Supreme Court led 2018 that gay sex was no longer a crimal offense.

And this month, Thailand edged closer to beg the first place Southeast Asia to legalize same-sex unns when lawmakers passed four different bills aimg to provi greater rights to gay upl, such as the abily to adopt children and manage assets jotly.

When Sgapore announced this week would end a lonial-era law that crimalized sex between men, looked like a big victory for gay rights advot the Southeast Asian untry. That’s bee as put an end to that law, the Sgapore ernment reerated s opposn to gay marriage. Soon after announcg that nsensual gay sex would no longer be illegal, Prime Mister Lee Hsien Loong said his annual Augt rally speech that his ernment would “uphold and safeguard the stutn of marriage” – fed the Constutn as a unn between man and woman.

SUPPORT FOR GAY RIGHTS JAPAN IS GAG MOMENTUM

At the same time, the cy-state is home to var evangelil mega church that preach agast homosexualy. Lee noted his speech that gay rights remas “a highly sensive and ntent” issue to nservativ the untry.

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