Slog - Comments on Uruguay Embraces Marriage Equality http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/uruguay_embraces_marriage_equality Sort of. Uruguay on Thursday became the first nation in Latin America to marry a gay couple, after a law allowing couples living together to formalize their union went into effect at the start of the year.... The so-called "cohabitation union law" went into effect on January 1, allowing heterosexual and homosexual couples living together for at least five years to receive the same legal rights and benefits that traditional marriage bestows. So it's not exactly marriage equality—basically, Uruguay allows same- or opposite-sex couples living together for at least five years to enter into civil unions that bring all the... Copyright 2008 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:57:00 -0800 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:30:45 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by SeMe and Montevideo is cheaper than Buenos Aires and waaaaaaaaaaaay friendlier.

I know is far from ideal, but this is HUGE deal for a Latin American country. Remember this was a hard right dictatorship led country in the 70's. The catholic church's grip is not as tight anymore.

See, good things come out of the newly elected socialist goverments.

]]> SeMe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/uruguay_embraces_marriage_equality#c1001493 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/uruguay_embraces_marriage_equality#c1001493 Homo Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:09:09 -0800 Comment by yucca flower This is 'common law' marriage. Only five years instead of seven.

]]> yucca flower http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/uruguay_embraces_marriage_equality#c1001495 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/uruguay_embraces_marriage_equality#c1001495 Homo Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:11:59 -0800 Comment by Some Jerk At least you probably won't have to bribe anyone to get your common-law marriage certificate - Uruguay's the 2nd least corrupt country in Latin America.


It boggles my mind to see hipsters moving to noisy, stinky, crime-ridden BA when Montevideo is so much nicer.

]]> Some Jerk http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/uruguay_embraces_marriage_equality#c1001546 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/uruguay_embraces_marriage_equality#c1001546 Homo Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:11:59 -0800 Comment by flamingbanjo Knock it down to three years, make it the only way for anyone to get married, and I'd support it planet-wide. Three years of tolerating somebody else living in your home is enough to prove you're serious.

A similar waiting period before reproducing would be nice, too, but alas....

]]> flamingbanjo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/uruguay_embraces_marriage_equality#c1001549 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/uruguay_embraces_marriage_equality#c1001549 Homo Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:16:12 -0800 Comment by haha U R Gay

]]> haha http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/uruguay_embraces_marriage_equality#c1001617 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/uruguay_embraces_marriage_equality#c1001617 Homo Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:11:24 -0800 Comment by him Maybe it's not equal, but hell, this was unthinkable 20 years ago.

]]> him http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/uruguay_embraces_marriage_equality#c1001623 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/uruguay_embraces_marriage_equality#c1001623 Homo Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:13:11 -0800 Comment by Dan the savage warmonger zzzzzzzzzzzz"A study released by the RAND Corporation reports that 300,000 U.S. troops deal with depression or post traumatic stress disorder and 320,000 suffered brain injuries stemming from their service in Iraq and Afghanistan."zzzzzzzzzz

Now, after that brief unauthorized pause, a return to entertainment by the savage warmongers at The Stranger.

]]> Dan the savage warmonger http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/uruguay_embraces_marriage_equality#c1001625 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/uruguay_embraces_marriage_equality#c1001625 Homo Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:13:59 -0800 Comment by skye montevideo is really nice, but there's quite a bit more going on in buenos aires. not surprising expats head somewhere with more activity, but that being said montevideo is fantastic if you like the smaller, sleepier kind of city.

]]> skye http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/uruguay_embraces_marriage_equality#c1001802 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/uruguay_embraces_marriage_equality#c1001802 Homo Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:01:16 -0800 Comment by pwa @7:
Fuck you.

]]> pwa http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/uruguay_embraces_marriage_equality#c1001949 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/uruguay_embraces_marriage_equality#c1001949 Homo Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:21:58 -0800 Comment by SDA in SEA Super.

Now even Uraguay is more enlightened than Seattle.

Are you listening, super majority WA legislature?

]]> SDA in SEA http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/uruguay_embraces_marriage_equality#c1001968 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/uruguay_embraces_marriage_equality#c1001968 Homo Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:30:45 -0800