Brazil’s National Council of Justice approves gay marriage
“This is the equivalent of authorizing homosexual marriage in Brazil.”
Raquel Pereira de Castro Araujo, who heads the human rights committee of the Brazilian Bar Association, responding to today’s ruling by the country’s National Council of Justice that same-sex couples cannot be denied marriage licenses. The council, headed by the chief justice of Brazil’s Supreme Court, oversees the country’s judicial system. While the council’s decisions are subject to appeal and the Brazilian Congress has yet to pass a law recognizing marriage equality, Chief Justice Joaquim Barbosa has advised that there is no reason for marriage-licensing offices to wait before granting same-sex couples access to licenses. (Australian Associated Press)
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