Court orders to legalize gay marriage in 20 latin american countries

[Melech 9,900]

An international court has ruled that 20 Latin American and Caribbean countries must enact marriage equality.

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights, based in San Jose, Costa Rica, ruled Tuesday that all its signatory countries must grant same-sex couples the same rights as opposite-sex ones, reports Costa Rica’s Tico Times.

The order covers Argentina, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the Dominican Republic, Suriname, and Uruguay. Some of them already have marriage equality, including Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay, and some parts of Mexico, but most do not. Some of them offer civil unions, but the court said a separate arrangement for same-sex couples is not acceptable.

Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solis, who had promised to expand LGBT rights in his nation, had asked the court two years ago to rule on marriage equality, and today’s decision is its response, Reuters reports. The Costa Rican government praised the ruling, with Vice President Ana Helena Chacon telling a press conference, “The court ... reminds all states on the continent, including ours, of their obligation and historical debt toward this population,” according to Reuters. There were celebratory rallies in Costa Rica and throughout the region.

The court recommended that nations that do not yet have marriage equality enact it by decree while working out legislative changes, the Tico Times reports. It acknowledged that there may be faith-based opposition to same-sex marriage in these heavily Catholic countries, but said that “in democratic societies, there should exist mutually peaceful coexistence between the secular and the religious.”

https://www.advocate.com/marriage-equality/2018/1/10/international-court-ruling-will-spread-marriage-equality-around-latin-america

[RadioIsOurs 13,876]

Yaaass, Asia is found quaking at conversion therapy

[Blond 5,715]

YOU WANT TO GET MARRIED?

AND YOU WANT MARRIAGE TOO?

THEY ALSO WANT TO MARRY?

MARRIAGE FOR EVERYONE

 

[Avenues 4,370]

When will Asia? 

[MyQueen 2,409]

When will Africa and Middle east

[River 127,484]

We read about it few days ago, we are very happy because our marriage is going to be recognized in Costa Rica, after 1 years of border trips every 90 days and lack of rights, it’s finally going to change.

we are both foreigners and my husband is a professor at the university, so it was very difficult to come from France/Italy where we had all the rights, to a country where we have almost zero rights..

So we are just happy  

[SychosSoChic 9,995]

51 minutes ago, MyQueen said:

When will Africa and Middle east

South Africa was the 5th country in the world to legalize gay marriage and it will be the only one to do so on the contintent for at least another decade or two until Kenya does it too.

Israel is the most the Middle East can hope for this century.

And you should also add Asia to your list of judgement, what have they done for the gays lately?

[bloody g 31,746]

2 minutes ago, SychosSoChic said:

South Africa was the 5th country in the world to legalize gay marriage and it will be the only one to do so on the contintent for at least another decade or two until Kenya does it too.

Israel is the most the Middle East can hope for this century.

And you should also add Asia to your list of judgement, what have they done for the gays lately?

have Jessie J on a reality show

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2 hours ago, Blond said:

YOU WANT TO GET MARRIED?

AND YOU WANT MARRIAGE TOO?

THEY ALSO WANT TO MARRY?

MARRIAGE FOR EVERYONE

 

This is hilarious because this will literally be Oprah's presidency.

[JevyDuty 2,961]

Wow

I'll watch what happens in the Dominican Republic closely. I find it hard to believe that they'll follow suit. Homophobia is real bad in these places where being a misogynist is praised (Machismo).

[Bio 23,538]

But it’s already legal in Brazil

[Fatigay 21,211]

1 minute ago, Bio said:

But it’s already legal in Brazil

It says so in the article

it’s talking about those where it isn’t

 

OP: that is unexpected and amazing!!

[ARTCHAOS 1,687]

So im searching who are the countries members in the Corte IDH and noticing that my country left in 2012, so I guess we still are homophobic

[SychosSoChic 9,995]

3 hours ago, Bloody Grammys said:

have Jessie J on a reality show

 

[RonnieGagz 4,300]

3 hours ago, Bloody Grammys said:

have Jessie J on a reality show

Representing the B on LGBT 

Oh wait.....