An activist who got into a twitter fight with the president of Ecuador about same-sex marriage launched a direct attack on the country's ban on same-sex marriage Monday.

Pamela Troya and her partner, Gabriela Correa, submitted an application to marry to a civil registrar in the capital of Quito. Their application is expected to be rejected, since Ecuador's constitution explicitly bans same-sex marriages. This will then enable them to launch a legal challenge to the marriage ban.

Troya, who heads the group Igualdad de Derechos ¡Ya! [Equal Rights Now!] got into a twitter skirmish with Ecuador's leftist President Rafael Correa over same-sex marriage.

When Correa announced in May that he opposed same-sex marriage, Troya tweeted, "What a shame that you make a show of your prejudices that only reinforce discrimination that exists for #LGBTI. This is your revolution?"