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04-13-2016, 11:35 AM
Court rules against couple in China's first same-*** marriage case
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A judge has ruled against a gay couple in China's first same-*** marriage case.
The couple went to court Wednesday morning against a local civil affairs bureau in the city of Changsha that refused to issue them a marriage registration certification.
They were hoping that a judge would overturn the bureau's ruling, on the grounds that Chinese marriage law does **t explicitly say same-*** marriages are illegal.
SEE ALSO: A man is suing his employers in China's first transgender discrimination case (http://mashable.com/2016/04/12/ciming-china-discrimination/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
The couple's lawyer, Shi Fulong, told the press outside the courtroom that he hadn't expected the ruling to be passed so quickly; the verdict was out within hours. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/13/china-same-***-marriages-case/)
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A judge has ruled against a gay couple in China's first same-*** marriage case.
The couple went to court Wednesday morning against a local civil affairs bureau in the city of Changsha that refused to issue them a marriage registration certification.
They were hoping that a judge would overturn the bureau's ruling, on the grounds that Chinese marriage law does **t explicitly say same-*** marriages are illegal.
SEE ALSO: A man is suing his employers in China's first transgender discrimination case (http://mashable.com/2016/04/12/ciming-china-discrimination/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
The couple's lawyer, Shi Fulong, told the press outside the courtroom that he hadn't expected the ruling to be passed so quickly; the verdict was out within hours. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/13/china-same-***-marriages-case/)
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