Japan court rules disallowing same-sex marriage is unconstitutional

A Japanese court on Tuesday became the country's second to rule that the lack of legal recognition of same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, in a move likely to add pressure on the government to accelerate efforts to do more to protect sexual minorities.However, the Nagoya District Court, ruling on a lawsuit filed by a male couple in their 30s from Aichi Prefecture, dismissed their demand for the state to pay them each 1 million yen ($7,100) in compensation and stopped short of acknowledging that the legislative body neglected to take action.Current laws in Japan do not "even provide a fram…READ FULL ARTICLE