COLOMBIA: Marriage Victory Expected Next Week

JMG reader Luis reports at The Perchy Bird:

In Colombia, several media outlets have reported that a 20-page Constitutional Court opinion that will bring marriage equality to the country is ready and only awaits a meeting to cast a Court vote. According to them, sources close to the Court say that the magistrates will vote against one conservative judge’s proposal to annul marriages registered by lower courts, keep civil unions as the only option for couples, and state that only Congress can change marriage laws. The expected vote is 6-3 to defeat this opinion. Next would come the final vote on a counter-opinion to legalize same-sex marriage. The same 6 out of 9 judges are expected to extend the right to marry to gay couples.

RELATED: Elsewhere in South America same-sex marriage has been legalized in Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and French Guiana.