I was supposed to post this ASAP, but I was without Internet all day -_-
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/16/world/americas/16argentinabrief.html?_r=1&src=me&ref=world
BUENOS AIRES — Argentina’s Senate narrowly approved a measure early on Thursday authorizing same-sex marriages, making Argentina the first country in Latin America to allow gay couples to wed.
After 15 hours of debate, the Senate voted 33 to 27 in favor of the measure, which was sponsored by the government of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. For weeks, she waged a bitter war of words with the Roman Catholic Church over the measure.
The church organized large protests throughout the country on Tuesday night involving tens of thousands of opponents of the law. Some senators criticized the Senate leadership on Wednesday for not allowing a vote on an alternative bill to authorize civil unions for gay couples.
The same-sex marriage measure will give gay people the same marital rights as heterosexuals, including adoption and inheritance rights.
Mexico City became the first jurisdiction in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriages last year. Two other countries in the region, Uruguay and Colombia, allow civil unions for same-sex couples.
I can't say how happy I am, I've been waiting for this law to pass for a long time, and now it's finally true. And not civil union crap that gives us half the rights, a full-fledged marriage that grants people like me the same rights as heterosexual people, now I know that someday I'll be able to marry the one I love like any other citizen would, and if I also want it I can adopt a child with my boyfriend without issue
I think this will cause more Latin American countries to follow suit, and in the end I think all the Western world will follow suit, progress is inevitable, and I'm so proud that my country is one of the pioneers in basic human rights
