South Korea’s constitutional court on Thursday narrowly upheld a law banning same-sex relations within the armed forces, citing a possible risk to the military’s combat readiness in a ruling criticised by activists as a setback for gay rights.

Under the country’s military criminal act, members of the armed forces face up to two years in prison for same-sex relationships. The law has been referred to the court and upheld by it four times since 2002.

In Thursday’s five-to-four ruling, the court said allowing same-sex relations could undermine discipline within the military and harm its combat capabilities.

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    1 year ago

    Does this mean gay sex between serving members or include while on any sort of leave etc.

    Between members makes sense (but should apply to sex in general)

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      1 year ago

      Imagine having to fill out the leave application

      Purpose of Leave: gay sexy time

      I have no idea if same sex marriage is legal there but would be really weird if you could be in a same sex marriage but while enlisted can’t have sex…