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De esta manera, el Alto Tribunal decidi\u00f3 a favor de la igualdad para una comunidad hist\u00f3ricamente discriminada.<\/p>\n<p>Con esta decisi\u00f3n, el pa\u00eds avanza en el cumplimiento de la Constituci\u00f3n Nacional que no se queda en el papel, y cumple un mandato internacional de acoger y regular un claro concepto de igualdad, que no admite excepciones ni atenuantes seg\u00fan la orientaci\u00f3n sexual de las personas. Al respecto, el pa\u00eds acogi\u00f3 el llamado recurrente de la comunidad internacional que desde la misma Declaraci\u00f3n Universal de Derechos Humanos de 1948, ha insistido en que: &#8220;Toda persona tiene los derechos y libertades proclamados en esta Declaraci\u00f3n, sin distinci\u00f3n alguna de raza, color, sexo, idioma, religi\u00f3n, opini\u00f3n pol\u00edtica o de cualquier otra \u00edndole, origen nacional o social, posici\u00f3n econ\u00f3mica, nacimiento o cualquier otra condici\u00f3n&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>El fallo fue resultado de una demanda que el 28 de abril de 2008, presentaron Colombia Diversa, el Centro de Estudios Derecho, Justicia y Sociedad (Dejusticia) y el Grupo de Derecho de Inter\u00e9s P\u00fablico de la Universidad de los Andes, sobre la igualdad de derechos entre las parejas en uni\u00f3n marital de hecho, heterosexuales y del mismo sexo.<\/p>\n<p>La acci\u00f3n fue apoyada activamente por un grupo heterog\u00e9neo de m\u00e1s de 30 organizaciones  nacionales e internacionales de derechos humanos, de mujeres y organizaciones LGBT de todas las ciudades del pa\u00eds. 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