A Japanese court on Friday ruled that the country's ban on same-sex marriage is constitutional, becoming the only high court to uphold the state's position among six rulings on similar lawsuits filed nationwide.The Tokyo High Court concluded the current civil law provisions that do not allow same-sex marriage are still reasonable under the current circumstances, in contrast with five earlier high court rulings in Sapporo, Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka and Fukuoka that said the lack of legal recognition of same sex marriage violated the Constitution. Those other rulings, however, all rejected compens…READ FULL ARTICLE
