Mexico City Celebrates 700 Gay Marriages In Its First Year

2011-03-05T09:00:06Z

One year after a gay marriage law took effect in Mexico City, 700 gay and lesbian couples have married in the nation's capital

One year after a gay marriage law took effect in Mexico City, 700 gay and lesbian couples have married in the nation's capital.

The figures were released Friday by the city government.

Three-hundred-sixty-seven of the couples were male and three-hundred-thirty-three wer...

Gay Marriage Heats Up Peru's Presidential Race

2011-01-25T06:30:19Z

Gay marriage is turning up the heat on Peru's presidential race

Gay marriage is turning up the heat on Peru's presidential race.

Support for recognizing gay and lesbian couples is on the increase in Latin America, where Argentina and Mexico City have legal...

Mexican governor: Gay marriage 'grosses me out'

2010-10-08T19:16:12Z

Governor of Mexico's Jalisco state says same-sex marriage 'grosses me out'

The governor of Mexico's Jalisco state says gay marriages disgust him.

Gov. Emilio Gonzalez says marriage should be between a man and a woman. He adds, in his words, "that other thing, as they say, still grosses me out."

Gonzalez spoke Friday at a forum on family in

Mexico City Celebrates 400 Gay Marriages In 6 Months

2010-09-07T03:20:18Z

Six months after a gay marriage law took effect in Mexico City, 398 gay and lesbian couples have married in the nation's capital

Six months after a gay marriage law took effect in Mexico City, 398 gay and lesbian couples have married in the nation's capital.

The figures were released Monday by the city government.

Two-hundred-eleven of the couples were male and one-hundred-eighty-seven ...

In Mexico, Vatican Likens Gay Marriage To Decaffeinated Coffee

2010-09-06T06:40:07Z

While traveling in Mexico, two Vatican prelates have criticized Mexico City's new gay marriage law

While traveling in Mexico, two Vatican prelates have criticized Mexico City's new gay marriage law.

The marriages of gay and lesbian couples are an imitation, the bishops ...

Top Mexico court backs adoptions for married gays in capital

2010-08-16T15:15:36Z

Mexico's Supreme Court on Monday endorsed adoptions for married gays in the capital, with a majority of nine out of eleven votes, a court spokesman told AFP.

The top court this month already validated gay marriages in Mexico City, quashing the first part of a complaint lodged by the federal attorney general.

To deny gay couples the possibility of...

Mexico's High Court Upholds Married Gay Couples' Right To Adopt

2010-08-16T14:15:58Z

Mexico's Supreme Court ruled Monday that gay adoptions included in Mexico City's gay marriage law are constitutional

Mexico's Supreme Court ruled Monday that gay adoptions included in Mexico City's gay marriage law are constitutional, the AP reported.

In its 9 to 2 decision the court rejected federal prosecutors' arg...

Mexican States Must Recognize Capital's Gay Marriage Law, Court Says

2010-08-11T05:45:19Z

Mexico's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that states must recognize the marriages of gay and lesbian couples wed in Mexico City

Mexico's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that states must recognize the marriages of gay and lesbian couples wed in Mexico City, the Los Ang...

Mexico court upholds gay marriage law

2010-08-05T16:00:39Z

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's supreme court on Thursday upheld a landmark law that allows gay marriage in the capital city, bucking a challenge raised by the conservative government of President Felipe Calderon.
This year, Mexico City became the first capit...

Mexico's Supreme Court Upholds Gay Marriage Law

2010-08-05T15:00:08Z

Mexico's Supreme Court has upheld Mexico City's gay marriage law
Mexico's Supreme Court has upheld Mexico City's gay marriage law, the AP reported.

Justices ruled 8-2 Thursday that the law approved by lawmakers in December is constitutional.

The law went into effect in March. It gives gay and lesbian couples a...

Mexico's Supreme Court To Rule On Gay Marriage

2010-08-03T08:00:25Z

Mexico's Supreme Court is expected to rule on a gay marriage law, possibly as early as this week
Mexico's Supreme Court is expected to rule on a gay marriage law, possibly as early as this week.

Mexico City lawmakers legalized gay marriage in December and the law went into effect in March. It gives gay and lesbian co...

Argentina legalizes gay marriage

2010-07-15T04:16:09Z

Argentina on Thursday became the first country in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage, following a landmark Senate vote carried live on national television.
The law, backed by the center-left government of President Cristina Kirchner, was adopted in a 33-27 vote after 15 hours ...

Mexico City Celebrates 180 Gay Marriages In 3 Months

2010-06-08T08:00:48Z

Three months after a gay marriage law took effect in Mexico City, 180 gay and lesbian couples have married in the nation's capital
Three months after a gay marriage law took effect in Mexico City, 180 gay and lesbian couples have married in the nation's capital, the AP reported.

The figures were released Friday by the city government.

One hundred of the couples were male and 80 were fem...

In Mexico, gay couples celebrate historic weddings

2010-03-11T17:00:07Z

2 brides and a wedding: Mexico witnesses 1st explicitly legal same-sex marriages
Two glowing brides in matching white gowns and four other same-sex couples made history in Mexico City on Thursday as they wed under Latin America's first law that explicitly approves gay marriage.
Mayor Mexico City on Thursday after the sprawling capital became a pioneer in Latin America by legalizing gay marriages.
Lol Kin Castaneda, 33, and Judith Vazquez, 45, wore matching ivory dresses as they led a multiple ceremony at the city hall in which four other gay couple...

Mexico women to wed in first for Latin America

2010-03-11T09:17:22Z

"We don't have anything ready apart from what we're wearing," said Judith Vazquez, a Mexican who will wed another woman in Mexico City on Thursday in a first for Latin America.
After years of activism, Mexicans Lol Kin Castaneda and Judith Vazquez were taken by surprise when the region's first gay marriage law ca...

Latin America's 1st gay marriage law takes effect

2010-03-04T13:47:12Z

Mexico City enacts Latin America's 1st gay marriage; gay couples line up for licenses
Throngs of Mexico City gay and lesbian couples registered for marriage licenses Thursday, the day Latin America's first gay-marriage law took effect.
The first gay weddings will take place within a week to 10 days, after the paperwork is processed.
Mexico Ci...

Gay Marriage Arrives In Mexico City

2010-03-04T09:33:36Z

Starting Thursday, gay marriage is legal in Mexico City

Starting Thursday, gay marriage is legal in Mexico City.

Lawmakers approved the law that gives gay couples all the rights and responsibilities of marriage, including the right to adopt children, in December. Previously, the city government recognized gay couples with civil unions, but gay adoption was banned.

The law is a first for

Gay Marriage Arrives In Two Cities This Week

2010-03-02T07:00:13Z

Two cities are expected to begin handing out marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples this week

Two cities are expected to begin handing out marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples this week.

A gay marriage law in the District of Columbia is expected to take effect Wednesday, but couples will have to wait the customary 3 days before tying the knot, making Saturday the earliest coupl...

Mexico City mayor vows to defend gay marriage law

2010-04-16T07:18:05Z

Mexico City mayor vows to defend gay marriage law, says it doesn't violate constitution
Mexico City's mayor says he will defend the capital's gay-marriage law and insists the ordinance will take effect in March despite an appeal by federal prosecutors.
Mayor Marcelo Ebrard says the federal appeal on constitutional grounds is wrong. He says nothin...

Feds Challenge Mexico City's Gay Marriage Law

2010-04-16T07:17:57Z

Mexico's federal government has challenged a gay marriage law approved by lawmakers in Mexico City

Mexico's federal government has challenged a gay marriage law approved by lawmakers in Mexico City, the Mexico City-based 'Excelsior' reported.

The law – approved in December and expected to take effect in March – is a first for

Strong Support For Gay Marriage In Mexico City, Polls

2010-04-16T07:26:40Z

A new poll shows strong support for gay marriage in Mexico City, but a majority of residents remain opposed to gay adoption

A new poll shows strong support for gay marriage in Mexico City, but a majority of residents remain opposed to gay adoption, the Mexico City-based 'Excelsior' reported Thursday.

Lawmakers in Mexico's capital and largest city approved ...

Pope says gay marriage threat to creation

2010-06-11T23:03:19Z

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict on Tuesday linked the Church's opposition to gay marriage to concern about the environment, suggesting that laws undermining "the differences between the sexes" were threats to creation.
The pope made his comments in an address to diplomats in his yearly asse...

Christians try to reverse Mexican gay marriage law

2010-04-16T07:49:32Z

Christian groups have said said they had asked Mexico's attorney general to overturn a newly-voted Mexico City law allowing gay marriage and the possibility of adoption, because it was "unconstitutional."
The capital's legislature approved gay marriage on December 21, in the first such law passed anywhere in Latin America.

Mexico City Mayor Won't Veto Gay Marriage Bill

2010-04-16T08:01:45Z

Gay marriage in Mexico City is closer to reality after its mayor said he would not veto a gay marriage bill

Gay marriage in Mexico City is closer to reality after its mayor said he would not veto a gay marriage bill, the 'Informador' reported.

Opponents of the measure overwhelmingly approved by lawmakers on December 21 had urged Mayor Marcelo E...

Mexico City enacts region's 1st gay marriage law

2010-10-22T15:43:44Z

Mexico City enacts first gay marriage law in Latin America, to take effect in March
Mexico City enacted Latin America's first law recognizing gay marriage Tuesday and said it hopes to attract same-sex couples from around the world to wed.
The law, approved by city legislators on Dec. 21, was published in Mexico City's official register Tuesday and ...

Argentina hosts first gay marriage in Latin America

2010-04-16T08:03:19Z

Two men from Argentina have become the first homosexuals to legally marry in heavily Roman Catholic Latin America, after the governor of southernmost Tierra del Fuego province let them wed.
"We got married today in Ushuaia," the windswept provincial capital, an exulta...

Argentine couple holds first Latin America gay wedding

2010-04-16T08:04:19Z

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Two Argentine men wed in Latin America's first same-sex marriage on Monday, helped by a provincial governor who ignored a court ruling that blocked their marriage plans earlier this month.
Alex Freyre, 39, and Jose Maria Di Bello, 41, were married in the southern Argentine city of...

Mexico City Gay Marriage Opponents Focus On Adoption

2010-04-16T08:11:31Z

pponents of a gay marriage bill in Mexico City say giving gay couples the right to adopt is going too far

Opponents of a gay marriage bill in Mexico City approved Monday by legislators say giving gay couples the right to adopt is going too far, the 'Informador' reported.

The gay marriage bill – approved on a 39 to 20 vote that included five abstentions – is expected to be signed by MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico City became the first capital in Catholic, often macho Latin America to allow same-sex marriage on Monday when city legislators passed a law giving gay couples full marriage rights.
The legislation goes further than a 2006 city law allowing civil unions by giving gay couples a...

Mexico City assembly legalizes same-sex marriage

2010-04-16T08:12:46Z

Lawmakers legalize same-sex marriage for Mexico City, first capital in Latin American to do so
Mexico City lawmakers on Monday 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 t...

Mexico City approves gay marriage

2010-04-16T08:12:33Z

Mexico City's legislature on Monday approved gay marriage, an aide to a city lawmaker told AFP, in the first such law passed anywhere in Latin America.
"It was approved overall by 39 votes in favor and 20 against, with five abstentions," said a spokesman for the bill's chief sponsor, assemblyman Davi Razu.
Spokesman Two years after passing a civil unions law for gay and lesbian couples, Mexico City is preparing to debate gay marriage

Two years after passing a civil unions law for gay and lesbian couples, Mexico City is preparing to debate gay marriage, the AFP reported.

Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) assemblyman David Razu introduced the bill at a press ...

Mexicans get holiday cheer, pain on giant ice rink

2010-09-10T17:06:59Z

Thousands of Mexicans are skating, wobbling and often falling on a giant ice rink set up by the tropical capital's government to bring some holiday cheer to this massive, chaotic metropolis.
The rink in Mexico City's main square measures 34,445 square feet — twice the size of a professional hockey rink and nearly five times as big as the one at New York's Marcelo Ebrard inaugurated the 3,200-square-meter (34,445 square-foot) rink in Mexico City's main square Saturday night and by Monday more than 5,000 skaters glided across its surface,...

New Year

2010-12-31T20:31:33Z
Ariana Sanchez, left, and her sister Lizette Sanchez, second from left, both from Mexico City, Mexico, watch as the ball is raised during New Year's Eve festivities in New York's T...

Mexico Drug War

2010-12-09T10:32:01Z
A forensic expert examines the scene of a clandestine grave found on the side of a highway at the outskirts of Mexico City, Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010. Three bodies have been found in two clandestine graves at the outskirts of Mexico's capital, according to officials. (AP Photo/Antonio Sierra)
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Mexico Climate Conference

2010-12-03T10:30:46Z
Activists, wearing masks depicting U.S. President Barack Obama, left, Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, and Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan, protest against world's environmental policies in President Barack Obama, left, Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, and Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan protest world environmental policies in Mexico City<...

Mexico Madonnas First Gym

2010-12-01T09:02:37Z
U.S. singer Madonna smiles as she poses for pictures during the opening of Hard Candy Fitness, her new gym in Mexico City, Monday Nov. 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Miguel Tovar)
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