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22 Dec 2009

Mexico City approves gay marriage, adoption

Mexico City's legislature on Monday approved gay marriage, in the first such law passed anywhere in predominantly Catholic Latin America.

Mexico City has become the first capital in Latin America to allow same-sex marriage on Monday when city legislators passed a law giving gay couples full marriage rights and to adopt children.

Same-sex marriage supporters cheering the vote

Before Monday's vote, the city had already allowed same-sex civil unions under which they were eligible for a limited number of benefits. According to media reports, 680 couples have used the law since it went into effect in 2007.

The gay marriage bill passed the capital's local assembly with a vote of 39-20 with support from lawmakers from the leftist Party of the Democratic Revolution (PDR), which has ruled Mexico's sprawling capital of about 20 million since 1997. The definition of marriage in the city's civil code will be changed from "a free union between a man and a woman" to "the free uniting of two people."

Under the new law, same-sex couples will have the right to adopt, inherit, obtain joint housing loans and share insurance policies.

Mayor Marcelo Ebrard of the PDR is widely expected to sign the bill into law even though the new law is strongly opposed by President Felipe Calderón of the conservative Nation Action Party and the dominant Roman Catholic Church.

Argentina became the first Latin American country to allow civil unions across the country by same-sex couples in 2002. But a push for full gay marriage hit a snag earlier this year when a court blocked a local judge in Buenos Aires who issued a marriage license to two men, defying a national ban. The couple has pledged to fight the court's ruling. Neighbouring Uruguay also allows gay civil unions and became the first country in Latin America to permit adoption by gay couples in September. The Mexican state of Coahuila and the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul also allow civil unions for same-sex couples.

读者回应

1. 2009-12-22 20:01  
Hola! :)
2. 2009-12-22 22:17  
I love Zona Rosa.... so many, so damn gay! :-)
3. 2009-12-22 23:21  
"free uniting of 2 people", i like that alot!!
4. 2009-12-22 23:50  
Thank god now we can get married honey! (Actually I think marriage is stupid, but I also think everyone should have the right to get married with whoever they want...so...good news!)
5. 2009-12-23 00:24  
Great to see some true leadership! Not cowardly curtailing.. We all know this is inevitable - it's just a matter of time. Equality after all means equal.
6. 2009-12-23 00:54  
Hell yes, hola indeed!!! =D
7. 2009-12-23 04:37  
It is a great step for la Ciudad de Mexico, hope this law will be extended to the rest of the country. In the meantime all the best wishes for all Felices Fiestas y Un Prospero 2010. Que Viva Mexico Carajo!
8. 2009-12-23 05:04  
I am afraid the federal court may overturn the ruling. There's a lot of catching up for gays in Singapore where even gay sex is criminal.
9. 2009-12-23 10:37  
good job//
10. 2009-12-23 11:27  
As a Mexican citizen, it makes me feel proud to see that these kind of changes are taking place in my beloved country. Extending legal rights to same-sex couples is a positive step towards full respect of human rights and that, my friends, is a strong and positive wave of change in the land of, not only warm beaches but also, warm hearts..... (and hot guys of course!!) Feliz Navidad VIVA MEXICO!
11. 2009-12-23 11:49  
Great news!!!!

One more country legalized same-sex couples, proud of your guys.
12. 2009-12-23 14:53  
Hopefully other countries will soon follow suit. =)
13. 2009-12-23 16:01  
oh,wow,I am surprised,China should do more now!
14. 2009-12-23 16:46  
YAYYYYYYY!!! =D
15. 2010-01-02 11:13  
wow im surprised also!!thoguh i m not living in mexico i hope HK do the same ! stupid donald tsang!hehe anyway allow marriage in mexico is so amazing! hopefully more and more countries will do the same!!

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