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COLOMBIA’S GAY ADOPTN RULG

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Opn|Colombia’s Gay Adoptn Rulg ADVERTISEMENTEdorialSept. 8, 2014Colombia’s nstutnal urt recently granted a lbian uple jot guardianship of the blogil dghter of one of the women a signifint lg that brought gays and lbians closer to full equaly unr the law.

The urt’s print, Luis Ernto Vargas, told reporters that four of the six judg the majory favored a more sweepg lg that would have given gays and lbians that broar right. The urt has played a urageo and trailblazg role sce 2007, when began lg favor of gay platiffs who mand equal rights on issu like health re verage, herance rights and immigratn benefs. Vargas, who also ss on the urt and is among the four liberals on gay rights.

COLOMBIA GAY ADOPTN LG ‘HISTORIC STEP’ TOWARD LGBTI EQUALY

”A “historic step”When the cisn was first announced, many the gay muny reacted wh mixed sentiments, potg out that the lg would only apply to upl which the children are blogilly related to one of the as far as Mric Albarrac, director of the natnal Colombia Diversa LGBTI advocy group, is ncerned, the urt’s lg is “purely posive. ”In 2012, the urt led that sexual orientatn uld not be ed to discrimate agast sgle-parent adoptn partners, a cisn that ultimately allowed an Amerin cizen to mata ctody of his two adopted Colombian Colombian urt allows adoptn by gay fatherAnd next year, Albarrac said, Colombia Diversa will be advancg an “abstract study” to ph the urt to ci on same-sex jot adoptn requts: s which a same-sex uple is lookg to adopt a non-related child. Should the urt hand down another favorable lg, Colombian law would ver every possible gay and lbian adoptn scenar.

Here we’re still focg on basic secury for gays and lbians, ” he said.