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Monday, December 21, 2009

Mexico City Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage

Posted by Dan Savage on Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 2:29 PM

LA Times:

Mexico City lawmakers today made the city the first in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage, a change that will give homosexual couples more rights, including allowing them to adopt children. The bill passed the capital's local assembly 39-20 to the cheers of supporters who yelled: "Yes, we could! Yes, we could!"

 

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If that spreads half as quickly as the swine flu, I'll be happy with it.
Posted by Will Radik on December 23, 2009 at 2:42 AM · Report

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