a couple in equador is fighting to get married.tself in that country. >> reporter: they've been a couple for more than four years. they went to a civil registry office of the capital to get married. they say they had the paper work and fulfilled every requirement except for one. >> reporter: they told us that in order to get married one of us had to be a man. otherwise you have to go your separate ways. go find and man and marry them. >> reporter: the couple is suing. article 67 segz marriage is the union between a man and a woman. the second clause stipulates that no one can be discriminated against on the basis of gender or sexual orientation. their attorney says this means the right to marry should extend to all couples. >> translator: when it comes to rights we're all equal. we have the rights of exercising our rights and conditions. >> reporter: both say they're willing to take their case up to the highest court. >> translator: even if we're 80 years old, we're going to get married. the question is whether or not same-sex marr