Gay couple win right to wed in Argentina

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Source: ABC Online

lejandro Freyre and Jose Maria Di Bello have been granted a marriage licence in Buenos Aires after a judge ruled that a ban on same-sex marriages was unconstitutional.

The couple sued after being denied a marriage licence in April and last week the judge ruled that laws limiting marriage to male-female couples were unconstitutional.

The men will enjoy the same rights as heterosexual married couples, but the judge's decision does not set a precedent beyond this case. The two men are HIV positive and say they will marry on December 1, which is World Aids Day.

No other country in Latin America, which is predominantly Catholic, has allowed a same-sex marriage, though Uruguay recognised civil unions in 2007.


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1. Kick. Wonder why it was kicked from LBN

:shrug:

[marshall]

2. Isn't that the place where a paralyzed man was barred from getting married?

I remember seeing a documentary about it on FSTV. Since the marriage could not be consummated he was by law not allowed to marry.

[Sultana]

3. Yay, congrats to Freyre & Di Bello

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