Urban Argentines support same-sex marriage
Posted on February 23, 2007
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Many residents of Argentina’s capital have no issue with same-sex couples getting married, according to a poll by Analogías released by Página 12. 73.1 per cent of respondents in Buenos Aires agree with gay and lesbian weddings.
Same-sex marriage is currently illegal in Argentina, although the country was the first in Latin America to authorize same-sex civil unions in 2003. This legislation does not contemplate several rights currently available for married couples, such as inheritance, adoption, or a survivor’s pension in the event one of the partners dies. Two regions allow same-sex civil unions: the province of Río Negro and the federal district autonomous city of Buenos Aires.
Argentina’s Congress is scheduled to review in October whether same-sex and heterosexual civil unions should have equal rights. The proposal was developed by an umbrella organization, known as the Argentinean Homosexual Community (CHA).
Same-sex marriage is currently legal in the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Canada and South Africa, and at least 18 countries offer some form of legal recognition to same-sex unions.
Source: Global Monitor
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