be great to see a domino effect i mean look there are incredible glints of progress across the region look at nepal the supreme court of nepal ordered the government to do something very similar and study same sex marriage provision all the way back in 2007 and the government's been kind of sitting on his hands since then even though their own official study commission told them to chart their own path towards relationship recognition japan many international chambers of commerce have called on the japanese government to legalize same sex marriage many local governments of japan of japan have started recognizing same sex relationships even though municipalities and and prefecture local governments can't issue marriage certificates and the metropolitan government in the lead up to the 2020 games has passed an l.g. bt nondiscrimination law it would be a logical next step for japan to be the next country but there's other contenders as well i think with the taiwanese government has done is shown that the movement towards full equality is truly a global movement and it's going to be exciting to see what happens. with th

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