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Maybe the Soto Zen school will say something supportive. Maybe silence is enough (silence is not so bad, sometimes). Yay Buddhists! In Japan, funerals keep the temple open, since daily practice and temple training is mostly out of fashion (though not so in California and elsewhere, thanks to Japanese Priests who set up shop outside the land of the rising sun). In Korea, the main Seon temple stood up for the gay pride marchers who were refused a permit to march last year because of so-called Christian right wing noise. I guess politics are part of life. But I am so happy that the compassionate dharma of this Tokyo Sangha can openly include everybody, and the grave yard is a good start (or end). Jizo Bodhisattva smiles and embraces all the gay and lesbian and trans people who need a helping hand. Big change for quiet, serious, conservative and often beautiful Japanese way of doing things. Bravo, Sodaji! Maha Prajna Paramita! _/\_

So there is nothing new, as people who happen to be gay have been buried here before.