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Brazilian pro-family politicians have announced that they will fight a decree issued by the country’s National Council of Justice (CNJ) that orders all of Brazil’s registrars to accept applications for homosexual “ marriage ” and threatens them with legal action if they refuse. The decree, which was issued on May 14, claims to implement a  2011 decision  by the country’s Supreme Federal Tribunal , which ruled that homosexual unions are eligible to be registered as “stable unions,” similar to common-law marriages in Anglophone countries. However, parliamentarians from the Social Christian Party and other pro-family representatives are crying foul, pointing out that the Tribunal’s decision does not mention “marriage.” They say they intend to file suit with the Tribunal against the CNJ to nullify the decree. “Our understanding is that it was disastrous decision, inappropriate and unconstitutional,” said Everaldo Pereira, vice president of the Christian Social Pa...

Image via Wikipedia A Brazilian judge has nullified the civil union of two homosexuals in the state of Goias , and has declared that a recent decision by the nation’s Supreme Federal Tribunal legalizing the practice is “ unconstitutional .” Jeronymo Pedro Villas Boas, a municipal judge, says the nation’s highest court “went beyond the limits” of its authority when it recently decreed that homosexuals have a right to civil unions , directly contradicting the Brazilian Constitution .   He called the decision “illegitimate and unconstitutional” and ordered the couple’s union struck from the registry. Boas’ decision has enraged homosexualist activists and at least one Tribunal judge, Luis Fux, who called it “an attack on the decision of the Supreme Tribunal , which can be appealed,” and warned that complaints in such matters “are taken to disciplinary organs so that the autonomy [of a judge] does not harm the people.” However, Boas says that he does not seek to attack the...