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What's going on: Argentina becomes first Latin American country to legalize gay marriage

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From Time magazine:

The debate within the Argentine Senate would take 15 hours, going deep into the night and into the early hours of the morning. But outside, the demonstrators on both sides of the issue stood their ground fervently: on one hand, pious and reciting the rosary with passion; on the other, proudly gay and chanting slogans about equality.

In the end, the legislators of the South American nation passed a law that made Argentina the 10th country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage. By a vote of 33-to-27, they gave homosexual couples the same inheritance and adoption rights as heterosexual ones.

Against the intense and sustained opposition of the church, President Cristina Fernandez staked her political reputation on passing the law, deepening her often bitter feud with the country's Catholic hierarchy. "I am very satisfied, it has been a positive vote," said the President in Shanghai, where she is on an official tour of China. "This is a positive step that defends the right of a minority." Her cabinet chief Anibal Fernandez was slightly more effusive, posting on Twitter: "Same-sex marriage is law in Argentina. Don't worry, be happy."

» Read the story: Defying Church, Argentina Legalizes Gay Marriage
» Same-Sex Marriage Laws Around The Globe: Nations That Have Approved Gay Marriage [The Huffington Post]
» What impact will Argentina's legalising of gay marriage have? [BBC]

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