It's a watershed moment for LGBTQ rights in the Catholic-majority country.
Judges on Quito's constitutional court ruled five-to-four on Wednesday to overhaul the country's laws, arguing that its current marriage legislation was discriminatory and unconstitutional, and that same-sex couples should be allowed equal rights.The four dissenting judges said that changes to the Ecuadorean constitution should be decided and approved by the government and not the court.
Same-sex marriage advocate Pamela Troya, who had been denied a license to marry her partner, Gaby Correa in 2013, told CNN she was"overwhelmed with emotion," after a six-year fight. "The judges decided to be on the right side of history," she said, adding that now the pair will finally be able to get married.
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