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Mexico City legislature approves gay marriage, a first for Latin America LGBTQ Nation
9 hours ago ago from LGBTQ Nation – News & Issues relevant to today’s LGBTQ community
Mexico City's legislature on Monday legalized gay marriage, the first such approval in Latin America. The bill calls for a change in the definition of marriage in the city's civic code, from the union of a man and a woman to the free uniting of two people. City legislators passed the bill 39-20 on Monday with five lawmakers absent. Outside, gay rights activists cheered, exchanged hugs and kisses and waved rainbow flags. ...
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19 hours ago ago from The New Civil Rights Movement
Does It Or Doesn't It? Back in July, on the 141st anniversary of the Fourteenth Amendment, after Maine voted for marriage equality, but before the voters repealed the law, I looked at where we were in the struggle to achieve civil marriage for all. I looked to our Constitution to see what we could glean from it, and wrote, Does The U.S. Constitution Already Make Gay Marriage Legal? I believe it does. I wrote, The Supreme Court of ...
Related contentCA: Out-of-state same-sex marriages prior to enactment of Prop 8 to be recognized as of Jan. 1
17 hours ago ago from pandagon.net - we are the public option
by Pam Spaulding While the 18,000 same-sex marriages performed IN California were upheld as legal, there was no clarity for quite some time about whether the Golden State would recognize legal same-sex unions performed outside of its boundaries. Senate Bill 54 was signed by the Governator last month recognizing any same-sex marriages performed before Prop 8 took effect, and the law goes into effect January 1, 2010 . When ...
Related contentMexico City Legalizes Gay Marriage and Adoption
16 hours ago ago from RicStar
Since this issue was recently discussed, I thought y'all might be interested: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/22/mexico-city-legalises-samesex-marriage Gay rights activists across the world consider same-sex marriage one of their toughest goals. Only seven countries permit it: Belgium, Canada, Norway, the Netherlands, Spain, South Africa and Sweden. A handful of US states also allow it. But on Monday night, and despite opposition ...
Related contentMexico City Votes to Legalize Gay Marriage
7 hours ago ago from Legal Docs Library
The BBC reports here on the vote by Mexico City's leftist city legislature to legalize gay marriage. The mayor is widely expected to sign the bill. The language changes the definition of marriage from a relationship between a man and woman to the free uniting of two people . The bill passed 39 to 20 with five abstentions. Gay rights has been an increasingly popular issue in Mexico's capitol recently, with gay pride parades drawing ...
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Maine casino proponents hope to force referendum
20 hours ago ago from U.S. News
Maine casino proponents hope to force referendum AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- A group that wants to build a casino in western Maine says it will deliver more than 100,000 signatures to election officials Tuesday to force a statewide referendum next fall. Black Bear Entertainment LLC wants to build what it calls a four-season casino and resort in Oxford. Maine voters have to approve the proposal before it can happen. Black Bear Entertainment ...
Related contentMexico City Lawmakers Approve Same-Sex Marriage - Law Blog - WSJ
12 hours ago ago from Wall Street Journal
By Ashby Jones The same-sex marriage movement has spread south of the border. Well, at least to one pocket south of the border. The news: the local legislature in Mexico City on Monday approved a far-reaching gay rights bill which allows same-sex couples to marry and adopt children. Click here for the story, from the LA Times. The leftist-dominated legislature of Mexico City rebuffed opposition from the Roman Catholic Church, and ...
Related contentSenate passes trade bill stalled by custody fight
8 hours ago ago from U.S. News
Senate passes trade bill stalled by custody fight WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate has unanimously approved a trade bill that benefits more than 130 countries exporting thousands of goods into the United States after the legislation briefly became entangled with a New Jersey man's legal battle to have his 9-year-old son returned from Brazil. The trade measure was passed by the Senate late Tuesday without opposition after Sen. Frank Lautenberg, ...
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