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Argentina's First Wedded Gay Couple Receive a Honeymoon Gift From Mexico City

by Tanya Thomas on Jul 17 2010 10:49 AM

 Argentina
Soon, as an Argentine gay couple will make Latin American history for the legalization of same-sex marriages, Mexico City's tourism minister on Thursday offered the couple a free honeymoon.
The offer was "in recognition of tolerance, but also to promote gay friendly tourism in Mexico City," said Alejandro Rojas, according to a statement.

Argentina on Thursday became the first country in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage, following a landmark Senate vote which stirred controversy in the majority Roman Catholic nation.

Authorities in the Mexican capital, which legalized gay marriage last year, offered air tickets for the first couple to benefit from the Argentine law, and was seeking sponsorship from hotels and restaurants in Mexico City and the beach resort of Cancun, Rojas said.

Around 15 percent of world tourism -- 150 million tourists per year -- is gay friendly, while gay tourists are discerning, respectful and spend 47 percent more than heterosexual tourists, Rojas added.

Mexico City approved gay marriage and opened the way for adoptions last December, provoking a wave of uproar from religious groups and conservatives including President Felipe Calderon.

Mexico City's leftist government has pioneered liberal legislation in the past 13 years, including the decriminalization of abortion in 2007.

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Source-AFP


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