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Same Sex Marriage in Colombia

· Sunday, May 1, 2016 · 2 comments

Via the BBC: Colombia legalises gay marriage

Colombia’s top court has legalised same-sex marriage, making the country the fourth in Latin America to do so.

Civil unions had previous been legal.

The rest of the region:

 

Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay have previously legalised same-sex marriage.

[…]

In Mexico, gay marriage is legal in the capital and in certain states.

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Steven L. Taylor
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Steven L. Taylor is a Professor of Political Science and a College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging since 2003 (originally at the now defunct Poliblog). Follow Steven on Twitter

Comments

  1. DrDaveT says:
    Sunday, 1 May 2016 at 09:59

    Awesome. The US can now aspire (at least in this regard) to be as morally enlightened as Latin America.

  2. grumpy realist says:
    Sunday, 1 May 2016 at 19:40

    Expect the usual caterwauling from the usual suspects.

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