LGBTQ rights: Japan PM under fire for same-sex marriage remarks
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has been criticised for saying the country's ban on same-sex marriage is not discriminatory.
Weeks ago, he apologised to the LGBTQ community over homophobic comments made by an aide who has since been sacked.
Mr Kishida's party is under growing pressure to improve LGBTQ rights, as more Japanese support same-sex marriage.
Japan remains the only G7 country that doesn't recognise such unions.
When asked by an opposition lawmaker if the country's existing law constituted discrimination, the PM said on Tuesday: "I don't think disallowing same-sex couples to marry is unjust discrimination by the state."
The prime minister also reiterated his position on Wednesday that a ban on same-sex marriage is "not unconstitutional" but said his stand should not be seen as a form of discrimination.
It is not discriminatory. They are free to marry. Marriage is between a man and a woman.
This should have been the response in the US as well. The fact that it isnt is alarming
Exactly. The logic cannot be refuted. People can make whatever legal arrangements they choose. To call such arrangements marriage however is . . . an abomination. AmIRite?
Good for them. Japan is perfectly tolerant and progressive towards homosexuality and has been for years, and their stance on this is correct.
It's "Adam & Eve" not "Adam & Steve" retards.
I would move to Japan if their culture wasn't so weird. Here in the west, we don't restrict ourselves to tentacle porn.
America goes full frontal for adult movies. Not sock puppet tentacle penises.