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By ContributorA new law Uguay may not give gay upl the right to adopt children, upon closer more on Advote. The celebrated new law that was thought to give gay and lbian upl the right to adopt Uguay may not provi that right, some legal experts now say.

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When the law passed last week, proponents said would make Uguay the first untry Lat Ameri to allow gay and lbian upl to adopt children.

"Nowhere the law do specifilly say that homosexual upl have a right to adopt, " reported the AP. "Experts say that bee there is no explic mentn of adoptn by gay upl, subjective terpretatn uld rult legal problems for upl wishg to adopt. Richard Reynolds Buenos AirPosted Wednday 9 Sep 2009 at 10:29pmWed 9 Sep 2009 at 10:29pmUguay has bee the first Lat Amerin untry to allow openly gay upl to adopt untry has long had a reputatn as the most progrsive natn Lat Ameri, but the ease wh which the law passed through the upper hoe of Uguay's Congrs surprised even Je Urbano, a leadg spokperson for gay rights Uguay.

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A bill allowg gay upl Uguay to adopt has been approved by the untry's Senate. It was approved by Congrs late last month and Uguay's adoptn statute will now be modified, makg the first Lat Amerin untry to allow gay adoptn. * uruguay gay adoption *

Uguay has also permted a form civil unn for gay upl and opened s ary to gay 9 Sep 2009Wed 9 Sep 2009 at 10:29pm. Catholic Church - Opposn to gay adoptns. Uguay lawmakers are openg the way for gay and lbian upl to adopt children, makg the first Lat Amerin untry to pass the ntroversial law.

Uguayan lawmakers voted to extend adoptn rights to gay upl yterday, the latt measure relaxg laws on homosexualy to draw cricism om Church lears the predomantly Roman Catholic untry. Members of Congrs said the law mak Uguay the first Lat Amerin untry to let gay upl adopt.

Gay people are allowed to adopt unr Uguayan law, but as dividuals rather than jotly as a uple.

The Congrs Uguay has passed a bill allowg adoptn by gay and lbian upl to adopt children. The legislatn is expected to pass the Senate, where the lg party has a majory. * uruguay gay adoption *

Gay marriage remas illegal.

Earlier the week, Diego Sempol of gay rights group Ovejas Negras (Black Sheep) said the law was a signifint step towards regnisg gay rights.

'This law is a signifint step towards the regnn of the rights of gay upl and the rights of children terms of sexual diversy. Archbishop Nilas Cotugno cricised the law and said the Catholic Church did not regnise gay upl as a fay.

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Uguay, a small South Amerin natn wh a secular state stcture, passed a law late 2007 to perm gay upl have so-lled civil unns that grant siar rights as marriage.

Earlier this year the centre-left ernment also lifted a ban on homosexuals servg the armed forc. NewslolUguay Gay Adoptn: Not So Fast?

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