In the 6-2 ruling, the court said adoption agencies can’t discriminate against gay<\/a>, lesbian<\/a> and transsexual<\/a> couples<\/a> during an adoption process.<\/p>\n Colombia’s Roman Catholic Church immediately denounced the decision as violating the rights of children and going against the wishes of the majority of Colombians who polls say overwhelmingly reject giving gays<\/a> the same rights to marriage and adoption as heterosexual couples<\/a>.<\/p>\n The BBC adds<\/a>:<\/p>\n It said that excluding gay<\/a> couples<\/a> as possible adoptive parents “limits children’s right to a family”.<\/p>\n “A person’s sexual orientation or gender are not in and of themselves indicative of a lack of moral, physical or mental suitability to adopt,” said the chief justice of the Constitutional Court, Maria Victoria Calle Correa.<\/p>\n Same-sex<\/a> couples<\/a> in Colombia are allowed to enter into legal unions but in 2013 Congress rejected a proposal to fully legalise gay<\/a> marriage.<\/p>\n The post Colombia Constitutional Court Rules That Gay Couples Can Adopt Children<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"Toro](\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Toro-Valle-Colombia.jpg?resize=300%2C211\")
The AP reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n