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Argentina Approves Latin America’s First Gay Marriage
Written by Santiago Times Staff   
Monday, 16 November 2009 23:27

Argentina's government said over the weekend it would not appeal a recent court ruling that authorizes marriage between two men. 

So on Monday the first gay couple went to Buenos Aires' civil court to make their marriage a reality and become the first gay married couple in Latin America.

In a statement, Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri supported the union, saying, "The world is already moving in this direction."

"I had a very important internal debate, weighing my upbringing and my personal history," he added. "Citizens need to learn to live in liberty without violating the rights of others."

Last week, Judge Gabriela Seijas declared that denying persons of the same sex the right to marry was unconstitutional. Her judgment came in response to a lawsuit filed last April by Alejandro Freyre (39) and José María Di Bello (41).

The couple went to civil court Monday to schedule their wedding day. The court’s decision comes during intense debates between two sectors in the Argentine Parliament, which are debating a proposed law that would permit marriage between same-sex couples.

SOURCE: LA TERCERA
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Comments (4)
4 Tuesday, 17 November 2009 23:12
J Davis
Congratulations, Argentina, for being the leader on marriage equality for all people, straight or gay. Hopefully, other fair-minded countries in your region will join you soon!
3 Tuesday, 17 November 2009 20:39
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2 Tuesday, 17 November 2009 10:38
Javier Guarascio
I am very happy to see that in Latin America things are changing. I knew it has to be in Argentina first, and the rest of them, will copy, as usual ;)
1 Tuesday, 17 November 2009 03:11
R Biddulph
Marriage reflects the natural moral and social law evidenced the world over. As the late British social anthropologist Joseph Daniel Unwin noted in his study of world civilizations, any society that devalued the nuclear family soon lost what he called "expansive energy," which might best be summarized as society's will to make things better for the next generation. In fact, no society that has loosened sexual morality outside of man-woman marriage has survived.

Analyzing studies of cultures spanning several thousands of years on several continents, Harvard sociologist Pitirim Sorokin found that virtually all political revolutions that brought about societal collapse were preceded by a sexual revolution in which marriage and family were devalued by the culture’s acceptance of homosexuality.

When marriage loses its unique status, women and children most frequently are the direct victims. Giving same-sex relationships or out-of-wedlock heterosexual couples the same special status and benefits as the marital bond would not be the expansion of a right but the destruction of a principle. . If the one-man/one-woman definition of marriage is broken, there is no logical stopping point for continuing the assault on marriage.

If feelings are the key requirement, then why not let three people marry, or two adults and a child, or consenting blood relatives of any age? . Marriage-based kinship is essential to stability and continuity in our countries. Child abuse is much more prevalent when a living arrangement is not based on kinship. Kinship imparts family names, heritage, and property, secures the identity and commitment of fathers for the sake of the children, and entails mutual obligations to the community.

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