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Given the conservative wave, a rainbow wave
Moral conservatism is gaining momentum. The Christian, Catholic, and Orthodox churches have put aside their secular differences to unite against marriage of same-sex couples.
Read MoreRainbow wave: the return of LGBT to politics
Many have regretted that the Constitutional Court did not allow immediately that same-sex couples exercise the same right heterosexual couples have: the right to be happy marrying.
Read MoreThe excesses in pre-charge detention.
It’s just that the former Minister Arias has been charged by the Attorney and will be tried for the abuses of AIS. But maybe he should have not be arrested nor imprisoned.
Read MoreDiverse families, happy families, and now constitutional
A highly anticipated ruling that nevertheless surprised Tyre and Trojans. Two substantive decisions: gay families do exist before the law and the Congress must legislate to protect them. What are the decisions implications and how valid are their interpretations?
Read MoreEvaluating the Congress’ work
The Congress is praised -or criticized- by the “exuberance” of the previous legislature. Scrutiny tends to prove that the number of laws approved was not so extraordinary, that many crucial issues were addressed, and that the value added by the parliamentary work is significant.
Read MoreAfro-Colombians and indigenous people in permanent session
Fourth installment of the special series of El Espectator and Racial Discrimination Watch for the Year of African Descent.
Read MoreYes ¿I do?
In a unanimous decision, the Constitutional Court just postponed the approval of civil marriage for same-sex couples, saying it is the Congress who must take charge of its regulation.
Read MoreTo Congress, for equal marriage!
Finally, the Constitutional Court acknowledged that same-sex couples are family and soon will be able to marrie.
Read MoreSecret data
Francisco Gutierrez rubbed salt in the wound we, Colombian social researchers, silently carry like a scar of the job.
Read MoreState, Constitution and Geography
The State has failed to control the whole territory, and this is the fundamental problem of Colombia. This lucid text examines the roots and the consequences of the historical neglect of the periphery, the intent of the 1991 Constitution to build state in these regions, and the serious need to strengthen its municipalities.
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