Ecuador Constitutional Court Recognizes Same-Sex Marriage [Read Judgment]

Ashok Kini

15 Jun 2019 10:11 AM IST

  • Ecuador Constitutional Court Recognizes Same-Sex Marriage [Read Judgment]

    "Allowing marriage to same-sex couples extends the possibilities of individual autonomy and the free development of the personality of the people with different sex-generic identity.”

    In a landmark ruling, the Constitutional Court of Ecuador has recognized same-sex marriage. In Ecuador, the Civil Code defined Marriage as a 'solemn contract by which a man and woman'. The case reached the Constitutional court as a same-sex couple Efraín Enrique Soria Alba and Ricardo Javier Benalcázar Tello, challenged the refusal by the registry to register their marriage on...

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