ACLU Blog of Rights: “The summer got started a little early with Portugal, on June 5, becoming the sixth European country allowing same-sex couples to marry . . . On July 8, a federal court in Boston ruled that the federal Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional . . . On July 22, Argentina, also through the legislative process, became the first South American country to allow same-sex couples to marry . . . On August 4, a federal judge declared California’s anti-gay marriage amendment, Prop. 8, unconstitutional . . . On August 5, the Mexican Supreme Court upheld the decision of Mexico City to grant same-sex couples the ability to marry. On August 11, the Court ruled that all Mexican states must recognize the marriages of those couples married in Mexico City . . .”
