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December 5, 2012
Gay marriage bill passes first vote in Colombia

A bill to legalize same-sex marriage passed the first of four votes in order to become law in Colombia

A bill legalizing gay marriage past the first of four votes amid criticism from conservative groups.

The bill was was approved on Tuesday (4 November) by 10 votes against five senators of the first committee of the Senate responsible for constitutional matters, reported the portal Univision.

The bill will now face a vote in the Colombian Senate however no date was yet set for a debate and vote.

August 24, 2012
Colombia debates same-sex marriage ahead of deadline

Colombia’s Congress is debating legislation to legalize same-sex marriage for the seventh time, but same-sex couples will get all the rights of married couples in less than a year if they fail to act

The Colombian Congress is debating same-sex marriage for the seventh time, with less than a year before the end of a deadline set by the country’s Supreme Court for lawmakers to act on the issue.

The current bill has been sponsored by Alternative Democratic party representative Alba Luz Pinilla and seeks to change the definition of marriage in Colombia’s Civil Code to include same-sex couples.

May 11, 2012
Colombian Catholic priest's gay partner wins his pension

The Constitutional Court of Colombia makes history by ordering that a Catholic priest's secret partner of 28 years is entitled to pension rights - despite vow of chastity

The gay partner of a dead Catholic priest has been told he is allowed to have his lover's pension - despite the cleric's vow of chastity.

The Constitutional Court of Colombia found in favor of the partner, who lived with the priest for 28 years before his death in 2009, in  landmark ruling, unprecedented in the history of Colombia and possibly Latin America.