Mexico City becomes the third American capital city to offer marriage equality

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Mexico City's marriage equality law went into effect today. Lesbian and gay couples who apply for marriage licenses today will be able to marry sometime in the next week to 10 days. Isn't it incredible to contemplate that the three northern-most American national capitals now stand unequivocally for equality?

Ottawa, Canada was the first American national capital to recognize marriage equality in 2003. The rest of Canada followed suit in 2005.

Yesterday the United States' federal capitol of Washington, D.C. joined the celebration. Box Turtle Bulletin reports "bout 140 million Americans - about 46% of the nation's population - live where there is some form of official notice of same-sex couples."

And today, Mexico City, the 10 million-strong national capital of Mexico, has become the latest and largest American national capital to honor this fundamental human right of their citizens.

http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/15420/mexico-city-becomes-the-third-american-capital-city-to-offer-marriage-equality

[Warpy]

1. Mexico City is doing a lot of surprising things lately

Early abortion is now legal there. I think they're probably waiting for the priests to scream themselves hoarse before they expand these things to other parts of the country.

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2. And a perfectly sensible way to address their population explosion.