Rights for Colombia gay couples
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Homosexual couples in Colombia have the right to share communal property, the Constitutional Court rules.
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September 20, 2004 -- MADRID - Spain&#39;s Socialist government will approve gay marriage, a party leader said yesterday, putting into action a plan that has enraged church leaders in this traditionally Catholic country.
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Spain has moved a big step closer to permitting gay marriage after the Cabinet approved a bill authorizing homosexuals to marry and adopt children.
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Colombia said on Tuesday it will allow a U.N. human rights agency that has accused the government of not aggressively addressing abuses to remain in the country for another year.
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Same-sex partners are to gain the same legal rights as married couples to receive survivor benefits from company pension schemes.
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JERUSALEM -- The Israeli Supreme Court touched off fresh controversy over gay rights yesterday when it ordered the government to register same-sex marriages of couples who wed abroad. The ruling by a seven-judge panel, though limited in scope, reignited a debate over the rights of homosexuals in Israel. The 6-to-1 decision was hailed by rights advocates as a political advance ...
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The Spanish government approved a bill to legalize homosexual marriages, which will make it only the third country in Europe to condone same sex marriages, cabinet spokeswoman Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega said.
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An Iowa district court ruled Thursday that same-sex couples can marry based on the state constitution's guarantee of equal treatment, court documents show.
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Comparing bans on same-sex marriage to once-common laws against interracial marriage, a trial court judge in Manhattan ruled Friday that same-sex couples have a right to wed under the state constitution.
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A California law taking effect with the new year gives gay couples who register as domestic partners nearly the same responsibilities and benefits as married spouses.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 14 -- With a mandate from New Jersey's highest court to offer gay couples the same rights as heterosexuals, the state legislature voted Thursday to create civil unions but stopped short of using the word "marriage."
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MEDELLIN, Colombia, Dec. 19 -- Some came to the Palace of Justice on Tuesday with huge color photographs of their loved ones strapped around their necks. Others wore T-shirts that read "Justice" and "Truth." Maria Eugenia Cobaleda, whose two older brothers were kidnapped in 1998 and never seen...
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The Italian government has paved the way for legislation that would grant legal status to unmarried couples, including gays, for the first time in the socially conservative country.Comment
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A controversial law that would give gay and lesbian couples the same right to marry, divorce and adopt children as heterosexuals was approved by Spain's Socialist government on Friday.
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Two gay men are granted the right to adopt a five-year-old girl in a landmark case in Sao Paulo state.
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Despite opposition from the Catholic Church and conservative groups, Chilean President Ricardo Lagos signed the &quot;Chilean Marriage Law&quot; granting Chileans the legal right to divorce.
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The Spanish government on Friday approved a bill to legalise gay marriages. This makes it only the third country in Europe to condone same sex marriages, cabinet spokesperson Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega ...