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Hong Kong court rejects legal challenge for same-sex marriage
Source: CNN
Hong Kong court rejects legal challenge for same-sex marriage
By Chermaine Lee, CNN
Updated 1122 GMT (1922 HKT) October 18, 2019
Hong Kong (CNN) — A Hong Kong court has ruled against redefining the meaning of marriage that would have allowed same-sex unions and civil partnerships in the city.
Hong Kong's Court of the First Instance ruled on Friday against a woman, known as MK, who complained that the government's lack of marriage options in Hong Kong violated her constitutional rights.
The court found that the evidence in the case was not "sufficiently strong or compelling" enough to require defining marriage "as including a marriage between two persons of the same sex."
"Were the court to 'update' the meaning of 'marriage' to include a same-sex marriage, it would be introducing a new social policy on a fundamental issue with far reaching legal, social and economic consequences and ramifications," the court document said.
"It is beyond the proper scope of the functions or powers of the court."
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By Chermaine Lee, CNN
Updated 1122 GMT (1922 HKT) October 18, 2019
Hong Kong (CNN) — A Hong Kong court has ruled against redefining the meaning of marriage that would have allowed same-sex unions and civil partnerships in the city.
Hong Kong's Court of the First Instance ruled on Friday against a woman, known as MK, who complained that the government's lack of marriage options in Hong Kong violated her constitutional rights.
The court found that the evidence in the case was not "sufficiently strong or compelling" enough to require defining marriage "as including a marriage between two persons of the same sex."
"Were the court to 'update' the meaning of 'marriage' to include a same-sex marriage, it would be introducing a new social policy on a fundamental issue with far reaching legal, social and economic consequences and ramifications," the court document said.
"It is beyond the proper scope of the functions or powers of the court."
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Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/18/world/hong-kong-same-sex-marriage-intl/index.html