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Colombian Court Protects Gay Couples’ Public Affection | Colombia’s constitutional court has ruled that same-sex couples have the same right to express affection in public as their heterosexual counterparts. The case originated after a gay couple was kicked out of a shopping mall for kissing. The judge described the security guard’s actions as “discrimination that only affected gay couples.” The same court ruled last week that a gay American journalist could adopt two Colombian children.