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[b]Mexico City allows gay marriage with landmark law
Mexico City became the first capital in Catholic, often macho Latin America to allow same-sex marriage on Monday when city legislators passed a law giving gay couples full marriage rights.
The legislation goes further than a 2006 city law allowing civil unions by giving gay couples access to the same family social security benefits and joint loans as straight couples.
In a last-minute measure, the city's left-dominated assembly overcame conservative opposition to allow gay couples that marry to adopt children. ...
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