Congressional debate on gay marriage ends in assault (VIDEO) .
Congressional debate on gay marriage ends in assault (VIDEO) .
Friday, 05 April 2013 07:28 Narayan Buckley
Colombian News
A discussion over gay marriage in Colombia's congress Thursday literally came to blows, emphatically illustrating the extent to which the issue has divided the country.
Angelica Lozano, a councilor for Colombia's capital of Bogota, along with a gay rights activist, were reportedly assaulted in the midst of a congressional forum to discuss the gay marriage bill, originally introduced to congress in 2012.
The assault occurred after Inspector General Alejandro Ordoñez, a staunch opposer of gay marriage, took to the floor to speak on the issue. According to Lozano, soon after Ordoñez had finished his speech, a gay rights activist began shouting in indignation, claiming that those who promote same-sex marriage had a right to be heard.
"The speech of the inspector general had finished and we asked to speak. However, an activist near me, who I do not [personally] know, began to shout and to say that they [members of congress] must let him speak. When he [the activist] began to shout, he was immediately booed, various people rushed over, we are not sure if they were bodyguards, but by the end of the struggle we had been hit," said Lozano.
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