This week in Buenos Aires, Judge Gabriela Seijas granted Alex Freyre and Jose Maria Di Bello, a gay couple, permission to become legally wed, a ruling considered by many as the catalyst for change, setting a precedent which is likely to pave the way for Argentina to become the first in Latin America nation to allow same-sex marriage. Her ruling however, much like what has happened here in the U.S., could be overturned by city officials.

In her ruling Seijas stated:

“The law should treat everyone with the same respect according to their singularities, without the need to understand or regulate them.”

Buenos Aires became the region’s first city to approve civil unions in 2002, but the judges decision is expected to lite a fire under the lawmakers to reach a decision on the issue as the debate over a gay marriage bill currently deadlocked in their congress.

Hopefully the law will pass in the largely Catholic country, setting a precedence for other nations to follow, including the U.S.

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http://www.gayagenda.com/2009/11/argentinian-judge-oks-gay-marriage/