Topic: Mexico

Mexico City allows gay marriage with landmark law

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 ...
Lawmakers legalize same-sex marriage for Mexico City, first capital in Latin American to do soMexico 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 ...

Mexico City approves gay marriage

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. "For centuries, unjust laws prohibited marriage between whites and blacks or Europeans and (indigenous) Indians," Democratic ...

Mexico City Proposes Gay Marriage

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, ...
Gay Texas mayor runs for border to be with illegal immigrant partner; many face similar choiceThe mayor of this West Texas sheep ranching town offered a stunning explanation when he suddenly resigned: "It wasn't a decision that any U.S. citizen should have ...
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 — ...
Thousands of Mexicans skated, wobbled and often fell on a giant ice rink set up by the capital's government in a bid to bring some holiday cheer to this massive, chaotic metropolis.Mayor Marcelo Ebrard inaugurated the 3,200-square-meter (34,445 square-foot) rink in Mexico ...