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Vatican likens gay marriage in Mexico to decaf coffee
On Top Magazine, Posted: 9/8/2010, 8:32 PM
QUICK LOOK: 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... (MORE)
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Mexico City tries to woo same-sex honeymooners
CNN, Posted: 8/31/2010, 10:07 PM
QUICK LOOK: As more governments approve same-sex marriage laws, officials here are hoping to attract a growing part of the tourism market: gay honeymoons. The first couple to wed... (MORE)

Fidel Castro takes blame for 1960s gay persecution
BBC, Posted: 8/31/2010, 9:12 PM
QUICK LOOK: Fidel Castro has said that he is ultimately responsible for the persecution suffered by homosexuals in Cuba after the revolution of 1959. The former president told the... (MORE)
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Catholics and gay activists square off in Guadelajara
Associated Press (AP), Posted: 8/23/2010, 12:47 PM
QUICK LOOK: Gay rights activists and Catholics clashed in Guadalajara, Mexico over a recently upheld law that allows gay and lesbian couples to marry and adopt children, the Spanish... (MORE)

Does adoption ruling show Mexico is more tolerant?
Christian Science Monitor, Posted: 8/22/2010, 1:50 PM
QUICK LOOK: In Mexico City, on the same day that a US federal appeals court put same-sex weddings on hold, the nation's Supreme Court upheld a law that allows gay couples in the... (MORE)
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Shifting attitudes take gay rights fight around world
CNN, Posted: 8/20/2010, 12:17 PM
QUICK LOOK: In signing Argentina's same-sex marriage law, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner said debate over the issue would be "absolutely anachronistic" -- archaic, out... (MORE)

Mexican high court upholds gay couple's adoption
Agence France Presse (AFP), Posted: 8/17/2010, 11:34 AM
QUICK LOOK: 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... (MORE)
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Report: 1 killed and 17 detained in Brazil Gay Pride
Associated Press (AP), Posted: 8/15/2010, 10:30 PM
QUICK LOOK: Authorities say a teenager has been shot to death in a fight between rival gangs at a gay parade in southeastern Brazil. Police say the teenager was shot when the gangs... (MORE)
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Costa Rica high court blocks gay unions referendum
Associated Press (AP), Posted: 8/12/2010, 8:14 AM
QUICK LOOK: Costa Rica's top court has blocked the electoral tribunal from holding a referendum that would have let voters decide if same-sex civil unions should be allowed in the... (MORE)

Mexican cardinal condemns 'evil' gay marriage ruling
Associated Press (AP), Posted: 8/9/2010, 1:08 PM
QUICK LOOK: Cardinal Norberto Rivera sharply criticized Mexico's Supreme Court on Sunday for upholding a law allowing homosexuals to marry in the capital, calling the ruling "aberrant"... (MORE)

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Mexican high court upholds city's gay marriage law
Associated Press (AP), Posted: 8/6/2010, 11:45 AM
QUICK LOOK: The Mexican Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a fledgling law allowing same-sex marriages in Mexico City is constitutional, rejecting an appeal by federal prosecutors... (MORE)

Chilean gay marriage bill expected to face a battle
Reuters-U.S., Posted: 8/4/2010, 10:04 AM
QUICK LOOK: Liberal opposition senators introduced a bill to legalize gay marriage in traditionally conservative Chile on Tuesday, seeking to follow Argentina's lead in what looks... (MORE)

Lance Bass now dating Marc Jacobs' former fiancee
People, Posted: 8/2/2010, 9:02 PM
QUICK LOOK: There's a new man in Lance Bass's life. ? The former 'N Sync singer has been happily dating Lorenzo Martone – designer Marc Jacobs's former fiancé – for two months, a... (MORE)
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Argentine gay marriage signed into law
Associated Press (AP), Posted: 7/22/2010, 2:11 PM
QUICK LOOK: President Cristina Fernandez signed a new law Wednesday making Argentina the first country in Latin America to legalize marriage for same-sex couples. Civil registries... (MORE)

Gay tourism confab opens as marriage bill is signed
Buenos Aires Herald, Posted: 7/21/2010, 12:30 PM
QUICK LOOK: The gay marriage bill which Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is due to sign into law today coincidentally takes place as a marketing and travel conference... (MORE)

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Argentinian priest defies the Vatican on gay marriage
The Independent (U.K.), Posted: 7/20/2010, 6:16 AM
QUICK LOOK: A renegade Argentinian priest who publicly supports gay marriage has vowed to defy his archbishop's orders to stop celebrating Mass. Jose Alessio, a Roman Catholic priest,... (MORE)
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Gunmen mow down 17 at gay party in Mexican city
The Advocate, Posted: 7/19/2010, 9:34 AM
QUICK LOOK: A party in the northern Mexican city of Torreón that was organized by a gay group on Facebook ended in a bloodbath early Sunday morning when gunmen opened fire, killing... (MORE)
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First same-sex marriage in Argentina set for Aug. 13
Agence France Presse (AFP), Posted: 7/17/2010, 5:54 PM
QUICK LOOK: Argentina's first gay marriage under a law passed this week was set for August 13 between a 61-year-old man and his 60-year-old partner, officials said Friday. The first... (MORE)

Mexico City offers free honeyoon to first Argentinians
Christian Science Monitor, Posted: 7/17/2010, 1:10 PM
QUICK LOOK: Mexico City has promised a free honeymoon in this megapolis for the first same-sex couple that marries in Argentina.  It is definitely an offer intended to advertise... (MORE)

Translating Argentina gay marriage a tweet at a time
Mediaite, Posted: 7/17/2010, 7:49 AM
QUICK LOOK: Andrés Duque–known to his Twitter and blog followers as Blabbeando–knew he was probably tweeting too much about the gay marriage vote in Argentina when Twitter cut him... (MORE)
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Gays celebrate Argentine vote for marriage equality
Washington Post, Posted: 7/17/2010, 5:41 AM
QUICK LOOK: WATCH: It was 4:05 a.m. and frigid outside the Congress building in Buenos Aires as Argentine lawmakers voted Thursday to legalize same-sex marriage, but Marcelo Marquez... (MORE)

Argentina adopts same-sex marriage
EFE (en español), Posted: 7/16/2010, 3:36 AM
QUICK LOOK: Argentina became the first Latin American country to legalise same-sex marriage following a historic vote in the Senate that laid bare the country's deep political and... (MORE)

Mormon Church restates gay marriage opposition
Associated Press (AP), Posted: 7/13/2010, 4:21 PM
QUICK LOOK: Mormon church leaders have restated the faith's unequivocal position against gay marriage in a letter to members in Argentina, where the government is debating whether... (MORE)
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Argentine president expresses gay marriage 'concern'
Buenos Aires Herald, Posted: 7/13/2010, 11:22 AM
QUICK LOOK: President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner seemed not to have forgotten about the same-sex marriage issue, an ongoing topic that has been putting the opposition and the... (MORE)

Argentine bishop: gay couples '30 times more violent'
Posted: 7/12/2010, 2:50 PM
QUICK LOOK: A leading Roman Catholic bishop in Argentina has claimed that same-sex couples are "thirty times more violent than heterosexual couples" . The unsubstantiated charge... (MORE)


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