Argentina, Senate approves bill on gay marriage

Yesterday - 12.15 The Argentine Senate has approved in the early hours of today the law on homosexual marriage. Once the president's decision will be ratified, Argentina will become the first Latin American country to allow same-sex unions. Continue reading this article, after more than 14 hours of intense debate in Parliament, while thousands of people protesting outside, the upper house approved the proposal by 33 votes in favor and 27 against, three abstentions more. "I think there to advance the right to equality, "he told reporters after the debate Senator Eugene Artaza, during which many of his colleagues drew his Catholic beliefs to justify opposition to the law. The President Cristina Fernandez says marriages homosexuals in the name of human rights and should ratify the law on his return from a visit to China. The law had already passed the lower house in May. Tens of thousands of demonstrators, including children and elderly nuns have braved the freezing temperatures for gi protest outside Parliament last Tuesday. The law, which also allows homosexual couples to adopt children has provoked the strong reaction of the Catholic Church, which now can oppose the candidacy of her husband and predecessor Fernandez, Nestor Kirchner ready to recur to the presidency in 2011. Only a small number of states allow same-sex marriages, including the Netherlands, Sweden, Portugal and Canada. - On other news site www.reuters.it Reuters in Italian. The top news also on www.twitter.com / reuters_italia