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shenmue

(38,605 posts)
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 03:35 PM Aug 2013

Same-sex marriage bill comes into force in Uruguay

Source: BBC

From the article at the BBC website:

"Two gay men who have been a couple for 14 years have become the first to register to marry in Uruguay, hours after a law came into force allowing same-sex marriages in the country.

Rodrigo Borda, 39, and Sergio Miranda, 45, said it was a day of much joy and emotion, but also of responsibility."

Mazel tov!

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-23571197



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Same-sex marriage bill comes into force in Uruguay (Original Post) shenmue Aug 2013 OP
Congrats to them, and all gay/lesbian couples in Uruguay dbackjon Aug 2013 #1
I thought it took a Paraguays jberryhill Aug 2013 #2
Uruguay is looking more and more like a very progressive country !! YOHABLO Aug 2013 #3
Come on... awoke_in_2003 Aug 2013 #4
Deserves it as much as anything else. Socal31 Aug 2013 #6
Uruguay impressing me lately. Socal31 Aug 2013 #5
 

YOHABLO

(7,358 posts)
3. Uruguay is looking more and more like a very progressive country !!
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 04:35 PM
Aug 2013

They recently decriminalized the use and carry of marijuana and now allowing same sex marriages. Who knew?

Socal31

(2,491 posts)
5. Uruguay impressing me lately.
Tue Aug 6, 2013, 12:54 AM
Aug 2013

Are they not as Catholic as some LA countries? Pardon my ignorance and laziness.

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