Gay marriage and adoption news roundup

With all that’s been happening with our adoption process I’ve neglected telling you about gay adoption news around the world:

Last September, Uruguay became the first Latin American country to allow gay marriage and adoption (link to the story here). Just before Christmas Mexico DF approved gay marriage and adoption among fierce opposition from the usual suspects (church and conservative party). It should be noted that this is not a country-wide policy, it just applies to the capital. No news on adoption though (link to the story here).

In Argentina, the gay couple who managed to get permission to get married back in early December had it revoked in the last minute. However, Fabiana Ríos, the governor of Ushuaia (in the south of the country) authorised their wedding and they finally married there at the end of the month. Many congratulations to Alejandro and José María! (link to the story here)

In Portugal, the catholic church has organised a huge petition and gathered over 90,000 signatures to put the gay marriage law to a country-wide referendum. The law, which expressly forbids adoption by gay people, was approved last December by the council of ministers and was debated in parliament this week. It will go back for a final vote shortly and hopefully be approved by April, before the Pope visits Portugal in May (link to the story here).