As you've probably heard by now, this past Monday, the Roman Catholic
bastion of Mexico City legalized same-sex "marriage", as well as
adoption by
same-sex couples. This decision is obviously going to have very profound --
and very negative -- effects on the rest of Latin America, which is also
staunchly Roman Catholic for the most part.

Following is a news article from CNN.


Mexico City legalizes same-sex marriage, adoptions

CNN News

December 21, 2009


(CNN) -- Mexico City, one of Latin America's largest metropolises, on Monday
legalized same-sex marriage and adoption by same-sex couples.

By a vote of 39 to 20, the city's legislative assembly approved revisions to
the civil code to permit same-sex marriages. Five legislators abstained.

In a separate motion, the assembly voted 31 to 24 in favor of legalizing
adoption by same-sex couples, with nine abstentions.

The revision will change the definition of marriage to a union between two
people, instead of the current version, which specifies a union between a
man and a woman.

Civil groups in favor and opposed to the vote had gathered since early in
the morning outside the legislative building.

In 2007, the legislators approved same-sex civil unions.

Mexico City is the second major Latin American city to legalize same-sex
marriage.

In November, a Buenos Aires, Argentina, court ruled that two articles in the
city's civil code that say only a man and woman can be married are illegal,
paving the way for gay marriages. The mayor of Buenos Aires, Mauricio Macri,
announced that his administration would not appeal the decision, clearing
the way for the gay couple who took the issue to court.

The first same-sex marriages to be held under the new law, however, was
delayed after another court filed a contradictory order.


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