Colombia Rules Gay Couples Must Be Granted Same Rights as Straight Unmarried Couples

By support
Jan 29, 2009 at 02:43 pm

Advocate.com
January 29, 2009
In a historic decision handed down Wednesday, Colombia's Constitutional Court ruled same-sex couples must be granted the same rights as heterosexuals in common-law marriages. The court's decision means Colombia's gay couples will be awarded dozens of rights that straight, unmarried couples have enjoyed for years and follows other recent rulings that have won the nation's same-sex couples inheritance, pension, health, and social security rights. [Link]