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Rights for Colombia gay couples

Campaigner Marcela Sanchez said it was 'a great step'
Homosexual couples in Colombia should have the same property rights as their heterosexual counterparts, the nation's Constitutional Court has ruled.
The decision applies to those who have been living together for two years.

A gay rights group, which had sought the clarification from the court, said at least 100,000 couples would benefit.

A court source said it did not mean same-sex civil unions - which are part of a bill currently being debated in Congress - had been approved.

'Great step'

The court said the expression "men and women" used in a 1990 law which gives property rights to de-facto couples was unconstitutional.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6341593.stm