Brazil has a National Council of Justice that oversees the country's judicial system. It is headed by the chief justice of the Supreme Court. The NCJ has said that the gov't offices that issue marriage licenses have "no standing to reject gay couples" and they "affirmed that the expression of homosexuality and homosexual affection cannot serve as a basis for discriminatory treatment, which has no support in the Constitution." And one last bit of the statement: There is no need to wait for the Congress to act.
So all of Brazil now has marriage equality, the 15th country to do so. It has already been true in 14 of 27 states.
The decision can be appealed -- to the Brazilian Supremes. But since the chief justice of the Supremes announced the ruling above it is doubtful an appeal would get far. My source doesn't say if anyone is actually clamoring for an appeal.
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