They’re still reserving those two magic syllables for the straights, but… real progress:
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.
And you gotta love this:
Brazil’s constitution defines a «family entity» as «a stable union between a man and a woman.» But the attorney general’s office argued the clause is only a definition and not a limitation, and thus the charter does not say a stable union can «only» be between a man and a woman.
Gay people in Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Columbia have more rights than gay people in the United States of America.
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.
And you gotta love this:
Brazil’s constitution defines a «family entity» as «a stable union between a man and a woman.» But the attorney general’s office argued the clause is only a definition and not a limitation, and thus the charter does not say a stable union can «only» be between a man and a woman.
Gay people in Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Columbia have more rights than gay people in the United States of America.
