First Same-Sex Marriage in Latin America Performed in Argentina

From the BBC (hat tip to Twitter friend marriageequality):

Two Argentine men have become the first same-sex couple to marry legally in Latin America.



Alejandro Freyre, 39, and Jose Maria Di Bello, 41, tied the knot in a civil ceremony in the southern city of Ushuaia, in Tierra del Fuego province.


Gay marriage is illegal in Argentina. However, the Tierra del Fuego governor issued a special decree allowing the couple to wed there.


Roman Catholic leaders in the country expressed alarm at the move.


A judge in the capital, Buenos Aires, prevented the couple from marrying there earlier this month.


The men, who are both HIV-positive, had planned to get married on 1 December, World Aids day.


They eventually travelled to Tierra del Fuego, where they received the support of provincial governor Fabiana Rios.
 
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