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xln1120 发表于 2013-8-5 17:26

乌拉圭同性婚姻法案开始生效

[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px][b]Same sex couples will be allowed to apply to marry in Uruguay from Monday, nearly four months after a bill was approved by the country's Congress. [/b][/size][/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px][b]本周一开始乌拉圭的同性情侣可以申请结婚,此时距国会通过该法案已将近四个月时间。[/b][/size][/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]President Jose Mujica signed the legislation in May but it was only due to enter into effect 90 days later. [/size][/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]About half a dozen [url=http://www.enread.com/news/life/93591.html]couples[/url] should apply for dates at civil registry offices in the coming days, activists say.[/size][/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]Following Argentina in 2010, Uruguay became the second South American nation to pass same-sex marriage legislation. [/size][/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]Across Latin America, the number of countries allowing gay unions or marriages is growing.[/size][/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]In Brazil, the council that oversees the country's judiciary said offices could not deny the issue of civil union documents when gay couples wanted full marriage certificates.[/size][/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]However, the issue still requires a bill to be approved by the Congress.[/size][/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px][b]Mexican states[/b][/size][/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]In Colombia, a judge recently ordered a notary to sign a document which - while not being a marriage certificate - in effect gave a same-sex couple the same rights as [url=http://www.enread.com/news/life/93591.html]heterosexual[/url] couples.[/size][/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]Last week, Colima became the latest Mexican state to allow civil unions among gay couples.[/size][/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]Mexico City and the southern state of Quintana Roo already allow gay marriages, while Coahuila allows same-sex civil unions.[/size][/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]In April, Congress in Uruguay approved the bill by more than two-thirds of the lower chamber, despite stark opposition from the Catholic Church.[/size][/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]The proposal had already been passed by the Senate by 23 votes to 8 a week earlier.[/size][/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]It allows same-sex couples to choose the order of the surnames of the children they adopt.[/size][/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]In recent years, [url=http://www.enread.com/news/life/93591.html]Uruguay[/url] has moved to allow same-sex civil unions, adoption by gay couples, and to allow gay members of the armed forces. [/size][/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]Uruguay's neighbour Argentina legalised gay marriage in 2010.[/size][/font]
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