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Status of same-sex marriage
South America
Argentina
The Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (a federal district
and capital city of the republic) allows same-sex civil unions.
The province of Rio Negro allows same-sex civil unions, too.
Legislation to enact same-sex marriage across all of Argentina
was approved on July 15, 2010.
Brazil
A law that would allow same-sex civil unions throughout
the nation has been debated. Until the end of the first semester
of 2010 the Supremo Tribunal Federal had not decided about it.
Colombia
The Colombian Constitutional Court ruled in February
2007 that same-sex couples are entitled to the same inheritance
rights as heterosexuals in common-law marriages. This ruling
made Colombia the first South American nation to legally
recognize gay couples. Furthermore, in January 2009, the
Court ruled that same-sex couples must be extended all of the
rights offered to cohabitating heterosexual couples.
Ecuador
The Ecuadorian new constitution has made Ecuador stand
out in the region. Ecuador has become the first country in
South America where same sex civil union couples are legally
recognized as a family and share the same rights of married
heterosexual couples.
Uruguay
Uruguay became the first country in South America
to allow civil unions (for both opposite-sex and same-sexcouples)
in a national platform on January 1, 2008. Children
can be adopted by same-sex couples since 2009.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/. Adaptado.)
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