Argentina first to gay marriage

Despite strong opposition and protests against. Argentina thus replicated the path taken by Massachusetts, where gay marriage was approved first through a court ruling and then by legislative vote against the wishes of the anti-gay governor Mitt Romney, who wanted a referendum, and avoided the California and Florida models, which relied on popular vote to disastrous results even though.

Polling indicates that a majority of Argentines support the legal recognition of same-sex marriage. The city of Buenos Aires first approved civil unions for gay couples infollowed by the northern city, Villa Carlos Paz, and the southern province of Rio Negro.

[2][3]. Email Signup. The legislation, known as the Marriage Equality Bill, affords same-sex couples equal marriage rights as heterosexual couples. Argentina passed a bill legalizing same-sex marriage exactly thirteen years ago, July 15,becoming the second country in the Americas and the tenth worldwide to do so.

[1] Argentina was the first country in South America and Latin America, the second in the Americas, the second in the Hispanic world, the second in the Southern Hemisphere and the tenth in the world to legalize same-sex marriage. Despite religious opposition to the bill, the vote to legalize marriage for gay and lesbian couples mirrors public opinion on the issue in Argentina, with polls showing support of more than 70 percent for marriage equality.

A total of nine same-sex marriages have been granted in Argentina, although the majority has been overturned by the courts. “The same-sex marriage bill was the spearhead of a legislative agenda that embraces diversity and put Argentina at the forefront of human rights in the region and the world,” Minister of Women, Gender and Diversity.

Argentina First Latin American

The country will now begin to process the long list of same-sex marriage applications on the national registry, beginning with the first ceremony set in Buenos Aires in August. Granting equal marriage rights to same-sex couples has gained significant headway in Argentina over the past few years.

Click here to view all July Policy Updates. Join our email list today. Both of these marriages were later annulled by separate courts. Argentina became the first Latin American nation to legalize gay marriage Thursday, granting same-sex couples all the legal rights, responsibilities and protections that marriage brings to heter.

Opponents of the bill in the Senate offered up a competing bill that would have legalized civil unions but prohibited same-sex couples from adopting or electing in-vitro fertilization. Same-sex couples in Argentina rejoiced as the country became the first in all of Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage.