Topic: Mexico

Mexico City mayor vows to defend gay marriage law, says it doesn't violate constitutionMexico 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...

Pope says gay marriage threat to creation

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict on Tuesday linked the Church's opposition to gay marriage to concern about the environment, suggesting that laws undermining " "I am thinking, for example, of certain countries in Europe or North and South America," he said.This ...
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 ...
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, ...
Mexico City enacts first gay marriage law in Latin America, to take effect in MarchMexico 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 ...
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 exultant ...

Argentine couple holds first Latin America gay wedding

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, ...
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 ...