Switzerland is pretty conservative. They only gave the vote to women in 1971; one canton forbade women voting on local issues and had to be overruled by the Swiss Supreme Court… in 1991.
Actually yes. Switzerland is incredibly rich and has a tolerant drug policy and allows assisted suicide. To legalise gay marriage later than all its peers is a disgrace.
For a European country, certainly. For an African or Asian country, a cause for celebration. I’m surprised Japan and Thailand haven’t legalized it yet.
Why? Japan is conservative af and Thailand is fake tolerant. The only country that might legalise gay marriage in Asia after Taiwan in the foreseeable future is no country.
South Korea is probably most like Taiwan. It probably won’t happen by legislative action, but by court action. South Korea’s democracy is far more competitive than Japan’s.
Someone isn’t keeping up with the news in Japan. Isn’t this how same-sex marriage first became legal in Taiwan?
As for Thailand, they have their thriving transsexual culture which seems like it has pretty widespread acceptance there. I think a man can legally marry a male-to-female transsexual, as long as the change in gender identity is reflected in their ID for example. So it’s not much of a leap imo.
No. Japan doesn’t have constitutional review like some other countries do. That was a district court ruling and the decision is only binding to the parties.
And that link is wrong. Japan is not the only G7 without SSM. Italy also hasn’t legalised SSM
It would be a huge leap for them. It’s a very conservative culture in the sense that people are expected to stay in their places. Kathoeys traditionally have their own place, so they’re not generally perceived as a threat to social order. Innovation is something else.
Also, the country hasn’t been democratic-in-the-western-sense since 2014.