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Mexico City Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage

HeadlineDec 22, 2009

Mexico City has become the first city in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage. City lawmakers passed the measure by a 39-to-20 vote. The bill changes the definition of marriage from the union of a man and a woman to “the free uniting of two people.”

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