Same-Sex Marriage in Mexico

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Posted December 29th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
Same-Sex Marriage in Mexico
Mexico City is enacting Latin America's first law permitting same sex marriage.
Details of the new law to allow same sex couples to marry in the capital were published Tuesday in Mexico City's official register. Last week, legislators approved the measure, despite strong opposition from conservatives and the country's Roman Catholic Church.
The measure changes the definition of marriage from a union between a man and a woman, to the free union of two people. It...