Tokyo Disneyland will start allowing for same-sex wedding ceremony to be performed at the theme parks. This is nice, but it carries no legal authority since there's no legal status for same-sex marriage in Japan.
The park said it would accept all applications for same-sex wedding ceremonies. The only obstacle now appears to be financial: a full wedding ceremony in Cinderella's castle, with Disney characters included on the guest list, costs 7.5m yen (£60,000).So, I wonder when we'll have similar announcement for the US Disney theme parks. After all, those rabid Southern Baptist churches are short of things to protest on against Disney lately.
Disneyland's stance was a rare sign of progress in a country still uncertain about its attitude towards homosexuality. There are no laws against homosexuality, and Tokyo is home to a large lesbian gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) population, many of whom took part in the capital's first rainbow pride event last month.
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