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A new chapter is being written in the case of Ramiro Flórez Torres, the tenth municipal civil judge of Cartagena who this week denied the request for civil marriage of two women.
(In context: Judge denies civil marriage to two women alleging their Christian morality)
This Thursday it became known that the president of the Superior Council of the Judiciary, Diana Remolina Botía, sent a letter to Orlando Díaz Atehortúa, president of the Bolívar Jurisdictional Disciplinary Chamber (of that same body), in which makes the referral by jurisdiction of this case so that the action of the judge is investigated.
In the document, Remolina indicates that “it is a priority to investigate and evaluate the eventual commission of disciplinary offenses in this case, taking into account that Judicial decisions must be based on law as a guarantee and protection of the right of access to the administration of justice for all citizens”.
With this referral, a firm step is taken in the investigation against Judge Flórez, whose proceeding has been rejected by different sectors, from organizations that work for the rights of the LGBTI population to congressmen of the republic.
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The general complaint is that, with his decision, Flórez ignored the decision SU-214 of 2016, with which the Constitutional Court approved in 2016 the marriage between couples of the same sex.
In that ruling, it should be recalled, the high court established that same-sex couples who wish to marry civilly can do so in notaries and courts without any type of discrimination or rejection and with the same formalities and requirements as a heterosexual marriage.
For this reason, Flórez’s decision has been criticized, since In his sentence, he argued that he did not marry this couple of women because this contravenes his “Christian morality” and his “essential principles”.
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And he added: “When there is conflict between what the human law says and what the law of God says, I prefer the law of God because I prefer to please my lord almighty God before than the human being.”
Roberto Velez, Bolívar regional ombudsman, also spoke about this fact, and sent a communication to the magistrates of the Bolívar Sectional Judicial Council.
In the letter, Vélez asks them to “initiate the disciplinary investigations that may take place against the tenth municipal civil judge of Cartagena” and “Report the actions carried out for the promotion and dissemination of ruling SU-214 of 2016 to the judges of the department of Bolívar”.
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