アルヘンティナで同性婚姻合法化

The Associated Press “Argentina Legalizes Gay Marriage” http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/07/15/world/americas/AP-LT-Argentina-Gay-Marriage.html
Reuters “Argentina to legalise same-sex marriage” http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/15/argentina-to-legalise-gay-marriage


同性婚姻法案がアルヘンティナ上院を通過して、同性婚姻が合法化された。賛成33、反対27。これは南米では初めてのこと。現在Cristina Fernández大統領が中国訪問中なので、法への署名は帰国後になる。
『ガーディアン』(ロイター)の記事から;


Only a small number of countries permit same-sex marriage, including the Netherlands, Sweden, Portugal and Canada. In the US, same-sex couples can marry in five states and in the capital, Washington.

Same-sex couples in Mexico City won the same rights as heterosexuals to marry and adopt children in December, under a law passed by city legislators. Uruguay allows same-sex couples to adopt children but not to marry.

NYT(AP)の記事から;

Same-sex civil unions have been legalized in Uruguay, Buenos Aires and some states in Mexico and Brazil. Mexico City has legalized gay marriage. Colombia's Constitutional Court granted same-sex couples inheritance rights and allowed them to add their partners to health insurance plans.

But Argentina now becomes the first country in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide, granting gays and lesbians all the same rights and responsibilities that heterosexuals have. These include many more rights than civil unions, including adopting children and inheriting wealth.

一般的な説明において少し食い違っているというか、APの方が詳しいようだ。
ところで、『ガーディアン』(ロイター)によると、アルヘンティナでは、同性カップルが「結婚する」権利よりも「養子を取る」権利に対して共感が少ないという。


See also http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20060310/1141964279 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20060316/1142527872 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20070315/1173923865 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20081029/1225245720 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20090525/1243248127 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20091020/1256061018 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20091026/1256580819