Cubans overwhelmgly approved gay marriage and adoptn a ernment-backed referendum on Sunday, a landmark vote half a century after a wave of state persecutn sent many homosexual people to forced labor mps and to exile.
Contents:
- A REVIEW OF THE POLICS OF GAY MARRIAGE LAT AMERI: ARGENTA, CHILE, AND MEXI
- THE PERPLEXG NARRATIVE ABOUT BEG GAY LAT AMERI
- THE POLICS OF GAY MARRIAGE LAT AMERI
- CHILE’S NGRS REGNIZ SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, JOG LAT AMERI’S SHIFT TOWARD GAY RIGHTS
A REVIEW OF THE POLICS OF GAY MARRIAGE LAT AMERI: ARGENTA, CHILE, AND MEXI
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Sept 26 (Rters) - Cubans overwhelmgly approved gay marriage and adoptn a ernment-backed referendum on Sunday, a landmark vote half a century after a wave of state persecutn sent many homosexual people to forced labor mps and to is a timele on same-sex marriage across Lat Ameri and the Caribbean:Pre-2010 - Only a handful of untri worldwi regnize same-sex marriage, mostly Europe.
THE PERPLEXG NARRATIVE ABOUT BEG GAY LAT AMERI
Argenta is the regn’s first untry to legalize gay marriage, but tolerance is not as high across untri. Here’s why. Jog South Ai, Canada * gay marriage latin america *
2011 - Brazil's Supreme Court l that gay upl stable relatnships should have the same rights as heterosexual upl terms of retirement benefs, herance and alimony.
THE POLICS OF GAY MARRIAGE LAT AMERI
Sort through the more than 30 jurisdictns that have enacted laws allowg gays and lbians to marry. * gay marriage latin america *
Colonial-era "buggery" laws banng gay sex were overturned parts of the Caribbean but still exist some untri cludg Jamai and Barbados.
Jog South Ai, Canada and seven European untri, Argenta has now extend the full rights of marriage to gays and lbians natnwi. The law, signed by Print Crista Fernánz Kirchner on July 21, 2010, means that civil registri n now procs marriage licens for gay upl wh the first ceremony set for Augt 13 Buenos Air.
CHILE’S NGRS REGNIZ SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, JOG LAT AMERI’S SHIFT TOWARD GAY RIGHTS
While laws allowg same-sex marriage have bee more mon European untri and U.S. stat, gay marriage advot also have gaed ground some parts of Lat Ameri. Most recently, the Mexin Supreme Court issued a lg makg much easier for gay and lbian upl to wed. * gay marriage latin america *
Yet same-sex civil unns, which give homosexual upl some of the rights enjoyed by heterosexual on (cludg social secury herance and jot ownership of property, but excludg adoptn rights), are legal Uguay (2008), Ecuador (2008), Colombia (2009), Brazil (sce 2004), and a few Mexin and Venezuelan stat. Wh public polici toward gay marriage varyg wily, this is a cril moment to look at cizens’ opns wh rpect to same-sex marriage.
Notably, spe the fact that the newly approved nstutn grants full rights to homosexual civil unns, Ecuador is posned well below the regnal average wh 18. Followg the publitn of semal rearch on polil tolerance that exam the impact of relig valu toward homosexuals (Gibson and Ted 1988; Golebwska 1995), we clu two variabl that are nsired to be key: importance of relign and relig group participatn.
Cambridge Core - Lat Amerin Government, Polics and Policy - The Polics of Gay Marriage Lat Ameri * gay marriage latin america *
Several scholars have found that disapproval of homosexual rights is hight among dividuals wh strong relig inti and who attend relig servic equently (Ellison and Mick 1993; Herek 1998; Herek and Capan 1995, 1996; Olsen, Cadge, and Harrison 2006; Seltzer 1993; Wilx and Wolport 2000). While Atheists are expected to exprs tolerance toward mori’ rights, membership evangelil nomatns has been found to be lked to tolerance of homosexuals the Uned Stat (Jelen, 1982).