Reconceptualización del Concepto Familia en Colombia: Nuevas posturas socio-jurídicas Reconceptualization of the Family Concept in Colombia: New socio-legal positions

Abstract

The current document aims to analyze the concept of family in Colombia from the new social and legal positions on sexual orientation, diversity and adoption, considering as a methodological approach the use of a dialogic paradigm, from a qualitative approach and a hermeneutic method, which allow collecting the theoretical and jurisprudential discourse of various authors in matrices of documentary analysis, information that through the technique of discourse analysis allows reconceptualizing the right. The concept of family has been accepted for a long period of time throughout Colombian history from a religious point of view, based on the heterosexual union of man and woman, a position that for many decades delegitimized other types of families different from the hetero-parental one; However, Colombia has understood in recent decades that beyond the traditional roles of reproduction, protection of life and ecclesiastical values, the concept of family must be subject to continuous changes in the social dynamics, which leads to the conclusion that Colombia is a pluralistic and diverse country, which understands that the law must respond to the new challenges in family matters, understanding that single parenthood and homoparentality, does not deteriorate this institution but transforms it.