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Same-sex marriage in Colombia

Index Same-sex marriage in Colombia

Same-sex marriage became legal in Colombia on 28 April 2016, when the Constitutional Court of Colombia ruled by a 6-3 vote that banning same-sex marriage was unconstitutional under the Colombian Constitution. [1]

39 relations: Antioquia Department, Armando Benedetti, Atlántico Department, Bogotá, Cali, Caquetá Department, Cartagena, Colombia, Cesar Department, Colombia, Colombian Constitution of 1991, Common-law marriage, Congress of Colombia, Constitutional Court of Colombia, Cundinamarca Department, El Espectador, El Tiempo (Colombia), Huila Department, Juan Manuel Santos, LGBT rights in Colombia, Magdalena Department, Meta Department, Norte de Santander Department, Pew Research Center, Quindío Department, Recognition of same-sex unions in the Americas, Risaralda Department, Same-sex marriage, Santander Department, Scribd, Sexual orientation, Soledad, Atlántico, South America, Spain, Telesur (TV channel), The Guardian, The New York Times International Edition, Tolima Department, Valle del Cauca Department, Washington Blade.

Antioquia Department

The Department of Antioquia is one of the 32 departments of Colombia, located in the central northwestern part of Colombia with a narrow section that borders the Caribbean Sea.

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Armando Benedetti

Armando Alberto Benedetti Villaneda (born 29 August 1967) is a Colombian politician, currently serving as Senator of Colombia since 2006.

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Atlántico Department

Atlántico (Atlantic) is a department of Colombia, located in northern Colombia with the Caribbean Sea to its north, the Bolívar Department to its west and south separated by the Canal del Dique, and the Magdalena Department to its east separated by the Magdalena River.

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Bogotá

Bogotá, officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santafé de Bogotá between 1991 and 2000, is the capital and largest city of Colombia, administered as the Capital District, although often thought of as part of Cundinamarca.

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Cali

Santiago de Cali, usually known by its short name "Cali", is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with an estimated 2,319,655 residents according to 2005-2020/DANE population projections.

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Caquetá Department

Caquetá Department is a department of Colombia.

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Cartagena, Colombia

The city of Cartagena, known in the colonial era as Cartagena de Indias (Cartagena de Indias), is a major port founded in 1533, located on the northern coast of Colombia in the Caribbean Coast Region.

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Cesar Department

Cesar Department (Departamento del Cesar) or simply Cesar is a department of Colombia located in the north of the country in the Caribbean region, bordering to the north with the Department of La Guajira, to the west with the Department of Magdalena and Department of Bolivar, to the south with Department of Santander, to the west with the Department of North Santander, and to the east with the country of Venezuela (Zulia State).

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Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a sovereign state largely situated in the northwest of South America, with territories in Central America.

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Colombian Constitution of 1991

The Constitution of Colombia (Constitución Política de Colombia), better known as the Constitution of 1991, is the current governing document of the Republic of Colombia.

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Common-law marriage

Common-law marriage, also known as sui iuris marriage, informal marriage, marriage by habit and repute, or marriage in fact, is a legal framework in a limited number of jurisdictions where a couple is legally considered married, without that couple having formally registered their relation as a civil or religious marriage.

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Congress of Colombia

The Congress of the Republic of Colombia (Congreso de la República de Colombia) is the name given to Colombia's bicameral national legislature.

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Constitutional Court of Colombia

The Constitutional Court of Colombia (Corte Constitucional de Colombia) is the supreme constitutional court of Colombia.

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Cundinamarca Department

Department of Cundinamarca (Departamento de Cundinamarca) is one of the departments of Colombia.

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El Espectador

El Espectador (meaning "The Spectator") is a newspaper with national circulation within Colombia, founded by Fidel Cano Gutiérrez on 22 March 1887 in Medellín and published since 1915 in Bogotá.

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El Tiempo (Colombia)

El Tiempo (The Time) is a nationally distributed, broadsheet daily newspaper in Colombia.

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Huila Department

Huila is one of the departments of Colombia.

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Juan Manuel Santos

Juan Manuel Santos Calderón (born 10 August 1951) is a Colombian politician and the President of Colombia, in office since 2010.

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LGBT rights in Colombia

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights in Colombia have progressed since consensual homosexual activity was decriminalized in 1980 with amendments to the Criminal Code, making it one of Latin America's most advanced countries in regard to LGBT rights legislation.

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Magdalena Department

Magdalena is a department of Colombia, located to the north of the country by the Caribbean Sea.

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Meta Department

Meta is a department of Colombia.

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Norte de Santander Department

Norte de Santander is a department of the nation of Colombia.

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Pew Research Center

The Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan American fact tank based in Washington, D.C. It provides information on social issues, public opinion, and demographic trends shaping the United States and the world.

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Quindío Department

Quindío is a department of Colombia.

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Recognition of same-sex unions in the Americas

Recognition of same-sex unions is widespread in the Americas, with a majority of people in both North America and South America living in jurisdictions providing marriage rights to LGBT citizens.

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Risaralda Department

Risaralda is a department of Colombia.

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Same-sex marriage

Same-sex marriage (also known as gay marriage) is the marriage of a same-sex couple, entered into in a civil or religious ceremony.

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Santander Department

Santander is a department of Colombia.

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Scribd

Scribd is a digital library, e-book and audiobook subscription service that includes one million titles.

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Sexual orientation

Sexual orientation is an enduring pattern of romantic or sexual attraction (or a combination of these) to persons of the opposite sex or gender, the same sex or gender, or to both sexes or more than one gender.

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Soledad, Atlántico

Soledad is a municipality in the Colombian department of Atlántico, part of the metropolitan area of Barranquilla.

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South America

South America is a continent in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Spain

Spain (España), officially the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España), is a sovereign state mostly located on the Iberian Peninsula in Europe.

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Telesur (TV channel)

Telesur (stylised as teleSUR) is a multi-state funded, Latin American terrestrial and satellite television network headquartered in Caracas, Venezuela.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The New York Times International Edition

The New York Times International Edition is an English-language newspaper printed at 38 sites throughout the world and sold in more than 160 countries and territories.

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Tolima Department

Tolima is one of the 32 departments of Colombia, located in the Andean region, in the center-west of the country.

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Valle del Cauca Department

Valle del Cauca, or Cauca Valley is a department of Colombia.

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Washington Blade

The Washington Blade is a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) newspaper in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Colombia

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