Mexico City embraces gay unions


	Mexico City embraces gay unions

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3-17-2007 8:09 AM

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<FONT size="2">Some MPs of President Felipe Calderon's conservative party are filing a court challenge against the gay unions.
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<FONT size="2">They argue that the partnerships violate constitutional protection of the family</FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6461159.stm"><P><FONT size="2">Julio Cesar Moreno, a local councillor who oversaw another union in Mexico City on Friday, said: "The era of plurality and diversity is permeating Mexico City."
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<FONT size="2">The new laws do not afford same-sex couples all legal marital rights, particularly on adoption.
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<FONT size="2">In 2003, Argentina became the first Latin American country to allow same-sex unions.</FONT></DIV></P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/7F3FD822-3619-4A68-94C6-E8D3420F842E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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