The battle over gay marriage in Japan is heating up

(SRN NEWS)-A Japanese court has ruled that the government does not have to legalize homosexual unions in the last of six cases that are expected to be brought to the Supreme Court for a final and definitive ruling, possibly next year.  The Tokyo High Court says marriage under Japanese law is largely expected to be a union between men and women in a decision that reversed a lower court ruling last year.  This is also the first loss at high courts for gay activists.