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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico City approved homosexual civil unions on Thursday, legalizing gay partnerships for the first time in the world’s second-largest Roman Catholic nation.
The capital’s municipal assembly, controlled by left-wing legislators, voted for the measure 43-17 as hundreds of rival protesters demonstrated noisily outside the building.
The move paves the way for same-sex civil unions in the city of 8.6 million people early next year.
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The capital’s municipal assembly, controlled by left-wing legislators, voted for the measure 43-17 as hundreds of rival protesters demonstrated noisily outside the building.
The move paves the way for same-sex civil unions in the city of 8.6 million people early next year.
today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&storyid=2006-11-09T235710Z_01_N09228878_RTRUKOC_0_US-LIFE-MEXICO-GAY.xml&src=rss&rpc=22