Colombia’s notaries draft legal document for same-sex civil unions

In anticipation of a failure by Congress to legislate on the issue of gay marriage, Colombia’s notaries have drafted a legal document by which same-sex civil unions would be formalized.

In what could be viewed as an indication that the Superintendency of Notaries does not expect Congress to legislate on gay marriage by the June 20 deadline imposed by the Constitutional Court,

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The document emerged after Congress again postponed the debate over the gay marriage bill, over which Congress is strongly divided.

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Congress is set to meet again on April 23 to resume debate over the bill.

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