BRAZIL APPROVES CIVIL UNIONS

[Bluebear]

Brazil's Supreme Court ruled Thursday night that civil unions between same-sex couples must be allowed in this nation with more Roman Catholics than any other. In a 10-0 vote, with one abstention, the justices said gay couples deserve the same legal rights as heterosexual pairs when it comes to alimony, retirement benefits of a partner who dies, and inheritances, among other issues. The ruling, however, stopped short of legalizing gay marriage. In Latin America, that is legal only in neighboring Argentina and in Mexico City.

The National Conference of Brazilian Bishops argued against the bill before the court.

http://joemygod.blogspot.com/

[xchrom]

1. Recommend

[murphyj87]

2. In 2005....

The Canadian Parliament passed a bill defining marriage as "a union of two persons to the exclusion on all others". It did not distinguish whether those person were male or female, in other words gay marriage has been law in Canada since 2005, yet another way (in addition to health care, among many others) in which Canada leads the US by years and decades.

[stevedeshazer]

3. +1

Good news.

[cliffordu]

4. K&R.

[deaniac21]

5. Wonder what the dues are?