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Denying same-sex marriage unconstitutional: Japan HC – Beragampengetahuan
TOKYO: A Japanese HC ruled Thursday that denying same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and called for urgent govt action to address the lack of any law allowing for such unions. Plaintiffs and the LGBTQ+ community cheered it as a landmark decision that gives them hope for change toward equality.The court does not have the power to […]
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Same-sex marriage and priestly employment – Beragampengetahuan
We study the effect of legalization of same-sex marriage on coming out in the United States. We overcome data limitations by inferring coming out decisions through a revealed preference mechanism. We exploit data on enrollment in seminary studies for the Catholic priesthood, hypothesizing that Catholic priests’ vow of celibacy may lead gay men to self-select […]