pjz99: trouble is, the kind of manoeuver at work here (and that is what I fear to see happen in the long term) looks a lot like the old foot-in-the-door-crack. I don't know of a law that makes gay love illegal in Japan. Right now, on the national scale, gay rights are respected. The fact that a freedom exists though doesn't mean that nothing can be done to chip it off. Legitimate worry, I think. After all, they're politicians. I really want time to tell me wrong, though, be sure of that.

 

FightingWolf: for the sake of not causing the mods ire, I propose we carry on that exchange on a private basis, as I find many of your arguments well worth an entirely separate debate. I'm genuinely interested. Are you? If so, please, let me know :)