Mexico City Legalizes Same-sex Marriage

Today, Mexico City legalized same-sex marriage and adoption by gay couples. Legislators already approved civil unions for homosexuals in 2007, but the assembly voted 39-20, with five lawmakers abstaining, to change the civil code and allow same-sex marriages. Legislators also voted 31-24, with nine abstentions, to legalize adoption by gay couples.

Under the city's civil code, marriage is currently defined as the union of a man and a woman. The new bill changes that to a union of two people.

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Why two black D.C. pastors support gay marriage.

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Gay marriage goes way back.