Monday, July 19, 2010

Argentine couples win marriage equality

Argentina last week became the first Latin American country to enact nationwide marriage-equality legislation, approving a bill that also allows gay couples to adopt children. Strong support from President Cristina Fernández helped push the effort over the top. Argentina joins nine other nations, five U.S. states, and the federal districts in the U.S. and Mexico on the list of jurisdictions that extend full marriage rights to same-sex couples.