Colombia’s Senate discusses gay marriage
The controversial topic of same-sex marriage was brought to Senate on Wednesday in a proposal to officially change the “civil union bill” to a “gay marriage bill,” giving couples some,…
The controversial topic of same-sex marriage was brought to Senate on Wednesday in a proposal to officially change the “civil union bill” to a “gay marriage bill,” giving couples some,…
Debates continued Wednesday with less than a year for Colombian Congress to legislate on gay marriage. A new initiative concerning marriage between two people of the same sex was radicated…
A same-sex couple living in Colombia will be the first tourists in Argentina to take advantage of the recent law allowing visitors to get married in the country regardless of…
A total of 309 same-sex Colombian couples entered into legal unions in the second half of 2011, according to official figures, reported Radio Caracol Tuesday. Bogota registered 96 same-sex unions…
Various representatives proposed their campaigns in the House of Representatives regarding the possibility of gay civil unions in response to Colombia’s Supreme Court’s call for legislation. Miguel Gomez (Partido de…
A conservative Colombian congressman introduced a bill Thursday that would grant gay Colombians civil unions, but rules out adoption rights, Caracol Radio reported. Miguel Gomez Martinez, a conservative who joined…
President Juan Manuel Santos’ National Unity coalition will meet to discuss how it will address gay marriage, El Espectador reported Wednesday. The meeting is a response to yesterday’s declaration by…
Colombia’s Supreme Court called on legislators Tuesday to pass gay marriage legislation within two years. The court ruled that homosexual partners currently lack certain rights afforded to heterosexual partners and…
The archbishop of Bogota said that homosexuals should neither marry nor adopt, and that they may be unfit for the priesthood. Archbishop Ruben Salazar said that homosexuals had the right…