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Uruguay legalizes same sex marriage and rights by overwhelming majority

Wednesday, December 12th 2012 - 18:40 UTC
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Uruguay’s Lower House voted 81 in 87 to legalize same sex marriage on Wednesday, approving a single law for both heterosexuals and homosexuals regulating all kinds of family issues, from divorce to adoption to in-vitro fertilization and how parents can name their children. Read full article

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  • Britworker

    Well, finally some common sense coming out of Uruguay.

    Dec 12th, 2012 - 11:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Conor J

    Good for Uruguay. Looking forward to the legalisation in the UK by early 2014.

    Dec 13th, 2012 - 12:58 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Fido Dido

    “Well, finally some common sense coming out of Uruguay.”

    Oh really? Common sense is approve gays and lesbians the same human rights as hetrosexual couples. Marriage is not a right nor a privilege, it's a tradition between a man and a woman, period.

    Dec 13th, 2012 - 05:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0

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