Hong Kong's top court ruled Thursday in favor of a gay civil servant seeking spousal benefits for his partner, saying different treatment based on sexual orientation is unjustifiable.Immigration officer Leung Chun-kwong had sued both the Hong Kong government's Civil Service Bureau and taxation department for rejecting his application for spousal benefits and joint tax assessment after his same-sex marriage was not recognized."We are unable to accept the proposition that heterosexual marriage would be undermined by the extension of the employment and tax benefits to same-sex married couples,…READ FULL ARTICLE
