Infographic: Countries where gay marriage is legal

This week, Argentina became the first Latin American country to legalize same-sex marriage. Last month, Iceland passed a gay marriage law in an unanimous vote.

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Argentina becomes first Latin American country to legalize gay marriage

Argentina has just become the first Latin American country to legalize gay marriage. The Senate passed a bill on Thursday morning after a lengthy debate, according to the Telam news agency, reports CNN.

The bill, which was endorsed by the President Cristina Kirchner, not only legalizes gay marriage, but also allows the couples to adopt.

The upper house voted 33-27 for the proposal after 14 hours of debate, according to Reuters. The bill had already passed the lower chamber of Congress.

The New York Times reports that 70% of Argentinians support marriage equality.

Recently, Argentina’s highest-ranking Catholic prelate called the gay marriage bill a “machination” of the devil.

Gay marriage became legal in Mexico City in March earlier this year.

Catholic cardinal says gay marriage is the work of the devil

Argentina’s highest-ranking Catholic prelate has warned that the country’s gay marriage bill is a “machination” of the devil, reports Pink News.

Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio has called on priests in Buenos Aires, where he is archbishop, to protest against the bill, which is progressing through Argentina’s parliament.

In a letter to the monasteries of Buenos Aires, he wrote: “Let’s not be naive, we’re not talking about a simple political battle; it is a destructive pretension against the plan of God .. We are not talking about a mere bill, but rather a machination of the Father of Lies that seeks to confuse and deceive the children of God.”

Mexico City passed a law legalised gay marriage recently, but if Argentina’s bill becomes law, it will be the first country in Latin America to legalise the practice. The bill also proposes giving gay couples the right to adopt.

Bolivian president says eating chicken turns men gay

Bolivian President Evo Morales said Tuesday that men should stay away from chicken if they want to maintain their hair and virility, reports The Associated Press.

Evo Morales told a conference on climate change: “The chicken we eat is loaded with female hormones. So, when men eat it, they tend to deviate from their manhood.”

He added that he only eats non-genetically modified chicken to avoid becoming gay or effeminate.

President Morales’ remarks angered one of Argentina’s gay groups, which questioned his logic.

Argentinian Judge Reverses Same-Sex Marriage

Yesterday, an Argentinian Judge nullified the marriage between two gay men in the city of Buenos Aires, and has ordered them to return all documents related to the union.

Judge Felix Igarzabal, a national judge, reversed the previous decision by a Buenos Aires judge permitting the marriage between Damian Bernath, 39, and Jorge Salazar Capon, 43, in late February. His decision was based upon the nation’s Civil Code, specifically in article 172 which states that the “complete and free consent expressed personally by a man and a woman before the authority that is competent to celebrate it, is indispensable for the existence of matrimony.”

Maria Rachid, president of the Argentina Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, and Transsexuals, said that her organization would appeal the decision to the Supreme Court, and would even attempt to put the judge on trial, claiming that he acted on personal bias in the case.

Second gay couple in Argentina permitted to marry

An Argentinian judge has given a gay couple permission to get married, in what would be the country’s second same-sex marriage.

In December, Alex Freyre and Jose Maria Bello, became the first gay couple to legally marry in heavily Roman Catholic Latin America. They wed in Ushuaia, the capital of Argentina’s Tierra del Fuego state.

The only place where gay marriage is legal in Latin America is Mexico City.