Mexico City first city to legalise same-sex marriage
Mexico City has become the first Latin American city to legalise same-sex marriage after lawmakers passed a bill in a vote of 39 to 20.
Mayor Marcelo Ebrard of the Democratic Revolution Party is expected to sign the bill into law within the week.
The bill calls for a change to the definition of marriage in the city’s civil code, from being “a union of a man and a woman” to “the free uniting of two people”. The change would allow same-sex couples to adopt children, apply for bank loans together and be included in their spouse’s insurance policies.
In spite of increasing acceptance for GLBTI citizens in the city, the move has caused led to contention in the predominantly Roman-Catholic country and the leader of the city’s conservative Nation Action Party, Felipe Calderon has vowed to oppose any gay marriage law in court.
This would add Mexico to the limited list of countries which allow same-sex marriage, which includes: Canada, Spain, South Africa, Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands and Belgium, as well as a number of American states where it has been legalized, including: Iowa, Massachusetts, Vermont, Conneticut and New Hampshire.
this is what australia wants!!!!
Yes,I totally agree with you Steve.What a DISGRACE Australia is!!
What Mexico is ahead of us???? Well I belive it I thought it was a hoax, but I know now it is real.
The world is laughing at us when Kevin Rudd and his Christian mates say NO NO NO – when the rest of the world is saying YES YES YES to gay marriage!!!
I am embarrassed at being Australian because of Kevin Rudd not listening or ignoring the Australian public (of the 60 percent of Aussies who SUPPORT gay marriage)!!!
Now I know for sure how behind Australia really is when it comes to gay rights (or lack there of). Thats it Kevin Rudd should be voted out of office next year – unless he pulls his fat ass and just allow gay marriage (or is he scared of coming out of the gay marriage supporter closet)?????
Portugal, Iceland, Albania, Luxemboug and the 3 places in the US of NH, DC and WA will allow gay marriage in 2010.
Austria is EXACLY like Australia – unregistered cohabitation is allowed but NOT gay marriage.
Estonia, Ireland and Liechistain will in 2010 is expected to pass civil union or “registered partnership” laws.
All of Western Europe will be at least blue (meaning civil union) or purple (full civil marriage for gays) on the wikipedia maps – which is FANTASTIC!!!!!