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Montevideo, November 28th 2025 - 02:27 UTC

Tag: same-sex marriage

  • Tuesday, November 11th 2025 - 08:54 UTC

    SCOTUS rejects challenge to same-sex marriage ruling

    The Court’s denial of the case temporarily leaves the Obergefell precedent intact

    The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) on Monday upheld its landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide by rejecting an attempt by a former Kentucky county clerk to overturn the ruling. The justices, operating with a 6-3 conservative majority, declined to take up the controversial case, avoiding direct engagement with the issue three and a half years after overturning federal abortion rights.

  • Wednesday, December 27th 2023 - 10:20 UTC

    Brazil: Same-sex marriages on the rise

    Same-sex marriage in Brazil has been approved by the Supreme Federal Court but there is a movement in Congress to ban it by law

    According to a study from the National Human Rights Observatory (ObservaDH), 59,620 same-sex marriages were registered in South America's largest country between 2013 and 2021, Agencia Brasil reported. The new figures represented a 148.7% increase in nine years, it was also explained. In the same period, 59,620 civil unions were also recorded, the survey showed.

  • Monday, September 26th 2022 - 19:07 UTC

    Cuban voters agree to same-sex marriage

    Justice has been done, Díaz-Canel said

    With over 66% votes in favor, Cubans have approved through a referendum the introduction of same-sex marriage and other novelties, the Electoral Council announced Monday. The agency also considered the trend to be “irreversible.” Cuban President Miguel Díaz Canel said that “justice has been done.” The new legislation will replace the norms dating back to 1975.

  • Thursday, June 3rd 2021 - 08:00 UTC

    Piñera pledges “urgency” to the same-sex marriage bill stalled in Congress

    Chile approved civil unions between same-sex couples in 2015, allowing them to register for a Civil Union Agreement (AUC) that gives some legal benefits.

    Chile's president has vowed to push a same-sex marriage bill that is stalled in Congress, a surprising move that stunned his conservative allies. “I think the time for equal marriage has come,” said Sebastián Piñera, whose popularity has plummeted after street protests and a worsening economy.

  • Thursday, October 22nd 2020 - 09:01 UTC

    Pope Francis agrees same-sex couples should be protected by civil union laws

    “Homosexual people have a right to be in a family. They are children of God and have a right to a family, nobody should be thrown out or be made miserable over it”

    Pope Francis has said that same-sex couples should be protected by civil union laws in some of the clearest languages he has used on the rights of gay people since his election seven years ago. He made his comments in a new documentary “Francesco” by Oscar-nominated director Evgeny Afineevsky that was released on Wednesday.

  • Friday, February 22nd 2019 - 08:31 UTC

    Equal marriage controversy reaches BOTs: 5 out of 14 reluctant to approve the initiative

    Equal marriage was legalized in England and Wales in 2013, and Scotland in 2014, but the laws did not automatically extend to the British Overseas Territories

    A report from the UK Parliament’s foreign affairs committee has called on the government to extend equal marriage to the British Overseas Territories. Although equal marriage was legalized in England and Wales in 2013, and Scotland in 2014, the laws did not automatically extend to the British Overseas Territories, which include Bermuda, the Falkland Islands and Gibraltar.

  • Monday, June 3rd 2013 - 17:47 UTC

    Uruguay is Latinamerica’s most gay-friendly country and ranks tenth worldwide

    Same sex marriage is legal in Uruguay

    Uruguay was deemed the friendliest toward gay in Latinamerica and among the top countries in the world, according to the latest Spartacus International Gay Travel Index which ranks 139 countries worldwide.

  • Thursday, April 11th 2013 - 02:26 UTC

    Uruguay becomes second Latam country to legalize gay marriage

    President Mujica is expected to sign the bill the coming week, “same sex-couples have always existed”.

    The Uruguayan parliament voted overwhelmingly to legalise gay marriage, becoming the second country in Latin America to do so, after Argentina. The bill was approved by more than two-thirds of the lower chamber, despite opposition from the Catholic Church.

  • Wednesday, April 3rd 2013 - 06:57 UTC

    Uruguayan Senate approves by a clear majority same-sex marriage

    The bill now must return to the Lower House, where approval of the new version is expected

    The Uruguayan Senate voted overwhelmingly, 23-8, in favor of a same-sex marriage measure Tuesday, which now must return to the Lower House before it is finally approved and signed by President Jose Mujica who has indicated he supports the measure.

  • Wednesday, December 12th 2012 - 18:40 UTC

    Uruguay legalizes same sex marriage and rights by overwhelming majority

    The Lower House debated eight hours, and now the bill goes to the Senate, but given the wide support its approval is not questioned

    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.

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