¡Felicidades! - In Mexico City, same-gender marriages started today!

[Bluebear]

MEXICO CITY – Two glowing brides in matching white gowns and four other same-sex couples made history in Mexico City on Thursday as they wed under Latin America's first law that explicitly approves gay marriage.

Mayor Marcelo Ebrard was a guest of honor at the weddings of Judith Vazquez and Lol Kin Castaneda and the other couples who tied the knot in a city building, despite harsh criticism from the Roman Catholic Church and a campaign against the measure by President Felipe Calderon's conservative National Action Party.

Vazquez, a 45-year-old small-business owner, and Castaneda, a 33-year-old psychologist, signed and put their thumb print on the official documents. Then they sealed their union with a kiss amid cheers from family and friends gathered in the colonial-era building's courtyard, decorated with calla lilies, banners with the colors of Mexico's flag and a sign that read "Tolerance, Liberty, Equality, Solidarity."

"This is the mark of freedom," said Vazquez, raising her thumb.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100312/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_mexico_gay_marriage

[Lisa0825]

1. I hope their happiness will someday be possible for everyone.

:loveya:

[cliffordu]

2. I love this. Heteros used to travel to Mexico to get a divorce.

Ironic that the nation most anglo 'Murkins think is populated by a bunch of illegals is so far ahead of us morally and socially.

I could live there.