Colombia’s inspector general, members of the Catholic church and various Christian organizations on Wednesday formed a new alliance in the Senate against gay marriage.
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Espindola is no doubt referring to Article 42 of the Colombian constitution, which states that marriage is “between a man and a woman.” Espindola’s argument has already been questioned by Colombia’s Constitutional Court.
“The phrase ‘man and woman’ in the definition of marriage is in conformity with the Colombian Constitution, but the justices were of the view that such a phrase does not imply a prohibition against a legal bond between homosexuals, similar or equal to that of the heterosexual couples,” the court stated in March, reasserting its 2011 ruling that same-sex couples constituted families before the law.
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