Feminist Looking Glass

In December, I wrote that the Mexico City government had just voted 39-20 to allow people of the same sex to marry and to adopt children.   This weekend, the New York Times had an article about the law, which is expected to become effective on March 4.  I say “expected” because the Roman Catholic church has asked the federal government (which is conservative) to intervene.

Whether or not the federal government is able to stop the law from going into effect, there is other good news in Latin America.  The Times reports that, in Argentina, while the debate over gay marriage is making its way through the courts, the Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego had Latin America’s first gay wedding there on December 29.

Filed under: International, Same-sex Marriage Tagged: | Mexico City, same-sex adoption, Same-sex Marriage