A Hong Kong government lawyer as defended the city's ban against same-sex marriage, saying it goes against the traditional family unit. – EPA pic, May 29, 2019.
HONG Kong’s government is defending the city’s ban on same-sex unions at a landmark court challenge days after neighbouring Taiwan legalised gay marriage in an unprecedented first for Asia. Despite growing public support for gay marriage in the international financial hub, campaigners have made little headway against staunch opposition from the city’s successive pro-Beijing governments and religious conservatives.
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