Rex Wockner and Andres Duque have the good news:
Eighty-one of the 99 members of
Uruguay's House of Representatives voted to legalize same-sex marriage
this evening. Twelve members of the chamber were not present for the
vote. The bill now advances to the Senate, where support is
equally strong, according to LGBT activists. President José Mujica plans
to sign the measure into law in early 2013. "Very happy here!" said
Álvaro Queiruga of the LGBT lobby group Colectivo Ovejas Negras (Black
Sheep Collective). Uruguay will be the 12th nation to offer same-sex
marriage nationwide. Same-sex marriage is legal in Argentina, Belgium,
Canada, Denmark, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, South
Africa, Spain, Sweden and Mexico (where same-sex marriage is legal in
the Federal District, i.e. Mexico City, and in the state of Oaxaca, and
those marriages are recognized nationwide).
Yet another victory in our best year ever. So far!
Reposted from Joe
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