http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/10/countries-where-same-sex-marriage-is-legal/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/10/countries-where-same-sex-marriage-is-legal/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 19:16:27 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133484 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/10/countries-where-same-sex-marriage-is-legal/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/10/argentina-oks-transgender-rights-id-changes-sex-change-operations-and-hormone-therapy/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/10/argentina-oks-transgender-rights-id-changes-sex-change-operations-and-hormone-therapy/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 14:53:21 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133379 Washington Post: Adults who want sex-change surgery or hormone therapy in Argentina will be able to get it as part of their public or private health care plans under a gender rights law approved Wednesday. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/10/argentina-oks-transgender-rights-id-changes-sex-change-operations-and-hormone-therapy/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/09/argentine-law-aims-to-provide-dignified-deaths/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/09/argentine-law-aims-to-provide-dignified-deaths/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 16:03:58 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133272 AP: It will enable people to prepare advanced health care directives, and when damage is irreversible, families will be able to decide whether or not to keep them on life support. It also says that doctors cannot be prosecuted for following a family's wishes. Some opponents worry that withdrawing food and fluids could cause pain . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/09/argentine-law-aims-to-provide-dignified-deaths/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/17/argentine-leader-moves-to-nationalize-oil-company/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/17/argentine-leader-moves-to-nationalize-oil-company/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:33:36 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131272 AP: In a bold move to gain control of Argentina's energy reserves, President Cristina Fernandez pushed forward a bill to renationalize the country's largest oil company on Monday despite fierce criticism from abroad and the risk of a major rift with Spain. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/17/argentine-leader-moves-to-nationalize-oil-company/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/29/argentine-supreme-court-falls-prey-to-un-treaty-monitoring-bodies/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/29/argentine-supreme-court-falls-prey-to-un-treaty-monitoring-bodies/#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2012 21:38:58 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129955 C-Fam: In a surprising ruling, the Supreme Court of Argentina has declared abortion is a woman’s right in case of rape under international law. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/29/argentine-supreme-court-falls-prey-to-un-treaty-monitoring-bodies/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/19/supreme-court-opens-the-door-to-abortion-in-argentina-in-an-embarrassing-failure/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/19/supreme-court-opens-the-door-to-abortion-in-argentina-in-an-embarrassing-failure/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:02:06 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=128936 Argentinosalertos.org (Google translation from Spanish): The Supreme Court of Justice ruled on Tuesday March 13 unanimously that abortions in women who are raped are not punishable. You can get an abortion without judicial authorization. Women only need to complete an affidavit attesting to the violation for doctors performing the abortion " in a fast, accessible and safe . . . Institutions and relating to be presented in individual amicus curiae applying to reverse the judgment of the superior court of chubut . . . Alliance Defense Fund . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/19/supreme-court-opens-the-door-to-abortion-in-argentina-in-an-embarrassing-failure/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/16/adf-comment-on-argentina-supreme-court-ruling-in-abortion-case/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/16/adf-comment-on-argentina-supreme-court-ruling-in-abortion-case/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:26:14 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=128882 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/16/adf-comment-on-argentina-supreme-court-ruling-in-abortion-case/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/13/argentine-supreme-court-oks-abortions-after-rapes/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/13/argentine-supreme-court-oks-abortions-after-rapes/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:38:43 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=128495 Google News (AP): Argentina's Supreme Court has ruled that any rape victim can get an abortion, setting a historic precedent in a country where abortions are generally illegal. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/13/argentine-supreme-court-oks-abortions-after-rapes/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/08/bishops-decry-religious-education-cuts-in-argentina-province/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/08/bishops-decry-religious-education-cuts-in-argentina-province/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:20:27 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=128006 Catholic News Agency: “We are not saying that all children should be taught the Catholic religion but rather that all children should be allowed to receive religious education, or to opt out of it, according to the decision of their parents,” the bishops said on March 5. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/08/bishops-decry-religious-education-cuts-in-argentina-province/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/24/latin-america-teeters-on-edge-of-abortion-abyss-national-catholic-register/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/24/latin-america-teeters-on-edge-of-abortion-abyss-national-catholic-register/#comments Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:54:29 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126740 National Catholic Register: “It’s part of a trend in Latin America that often doesn’t get noticed: that there is the ‘latex left,’ and certainly countries like Uruguay and Argentina — they’re pushing this pro-abortion, pro-same-sex ‘marriage’ agenda, (and) the justices in Mexico City [are too],” said Tozzi. “But elsewhere the left is more of an old left that emphasizes economics rather than the ‘latex left’ issues,” he added . . . Tozzi sees signs of hope in other countries as well: “You also have the example of Ollanta Humala in Peru, who was elected president about half a year ago, with broad left-wing support. For a variety of reasons, he has rejected the ‘latex left’ agenda. His women’s affairs minister, a big pro-abortion supporter, was fired by him about a month ago and replaced with a woman who’s an evangelical Christian. So there are certain elements of the left in Latin America that are distinct from the latex left, which people sometimes overlook.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/24/latin-america-teeters-on-edge-of-abortion-abyss-national-catholic-register/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/17/majority-of-argentinean-legislators-say-they-favor-decriminalizing-abortion-poll/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/17/majority-of-argentinean-legislators-say-they-favor-decriminalizing-abortion-poll/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:43:57 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=123265 LifeSiteNews.com: A majority of legislators in Argentina’s National Congress now say that they support the decriminalization of abortion during the first trimester of pregnancy, according to a poll conducted by the government’s Center for Labor Studies and Investigations (CEIL) and reported by Argentina’s Pagina 12. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/17/majority-of-argentinean-legislators-say-they-favor-decriminalizing-abortion-poll/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/08/argentinean-province-officially-declares-itself-%e2%80%98pro-life%e2%80%99/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/08/argentinean-province-officially-declares-itself-%e2%80%98pro-life%e2%80%99/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:35:40 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120349 LifeSiteNews.com: The Argentinean province of Corrientes has declared itself to be officially “pro-life,” in a statement signed by Governor Ricardo Colombi. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/08/argentinean-province-officially-declares-itself-%e2%80%98pro-life%e2%80%99/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/18/legal-periodical-sexual-rights-and-religion-same-sex-marriage-and-lawmakers-catholic-identity-in-argentina/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/18/legal-periodical-sexual-rights-and-religion-same-sex-marriage-and-lawmakers-catholic-identity-in-argentina/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:36:00 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=116110 Juan Marco Vaggione, Sexual Rights and religion: Same-sex Marriage and Lawmakers' Catholic Identity in Argentina, 65 University of Miami Law Review 935-954 (2011). The legal regulation of marriage in Argentina has undergone reforms that, in a variety of ways, have dismantled religion's influence over law. While these reforms reaffirm the centrality of marriage in the construction of the sexual order, they also redefine marriage, distancing it from the sacrament defended by the Catholic Church. In 1888, civil and religious marriages were distinguished from one another as part of a reform process in response to late-century secularist and liberal ideologies. 1 Church and State became, at least legally, autonomous with respect to marriage; while the latter regulated the civil contract, the Church only concerned itself with the celebration of the religious sacrament. However, the legal construction of marriage was, of course, substantiated by the religious doctrine. Almost a century later, in 1987, 2 the related Divorce Law was passed, 3 made possible largely by the recent restoration of democracy and the influence of women's movements in the region. 4 The law distanced itself from religious sacrament by establishing the solubility of the bond as a constitutive part of the institution of marriage. Finally, in 2010, a new reform took place through which marriage was authorized between same-sex couples, 5 arising from a demand primarily promoted by the movement for sexual diversity. This reform broke from the principle of Catholic doctrine that the sexes are complementary and generated complete equality in marriage between partners of the same or opposite sexes. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/18/legal-periodical-sexual-rights-and-religion-same-sex-marriage-and-lawmakers-catholic-identity-in-argentina/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/13/national-gathering-of-argentinean-attorneys-rejects-homosexual-%e2%80%98marriage%e2%80%99-as-unconstitutional/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/13/national-gathering-of-argentinean-attorneys-rejects-homosexual-%e2%80%98marriage%e2%80%99-as-unconstitutional/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:49:11 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=116080 LifeSiteNews.com: Law professors attending Argentina’s most important conference on civil law have voted to declare that the nation’s recently-passed homosexual “marriage” legislation is unconstitutional. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/13/national-gathering-of-argentinean-attorneys-rejects-homosexual-%e2%80%98marriage%e2%80%99-as-unconstitutional/feed/ 1 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/15/the-gay-marriage-debate-hits-latin-america/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/15/the-gay-marriage-debate-hits-latin-america/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:58:14 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=110833 Fox News Latino: A year after Argentina became the first Latin American country to pass legislation to legalize homosexual civil unions, the gay marriage debate has heated up, as several countries consider similar bills. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/15/the-gay-marriage-debate-hits-latin-america/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/16/argentina-sees-its-1st-lesbian-divorce-cheating-reportedly-the-cause/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/16/argentina-sees-its-1st-lesbian-divorce-cheating-reportedly-the-cause/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:41:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=106634 Newser: A LGBT groups says the divorce involves a female couple who married on April 20. The 46-year-old and 25-year-old are splitting due to an alleged infidelity ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/16/argentina-sees-its-1st-lesbian-divorce-cheating-reportedly-the-cause/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/17/argentina-distributes-millions-of-copies-of-un-gay-affirmative-sex-ed-doc/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/17/argentina-distributes-millions-of-copies-of-un-gay-affirmative-sex-ed-doc/#comments Tue, 17 May 2011 16:23:42 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=103845 LifeSiteNews: The Argentinean government is in the process of distributing millions of copies of a United Nations “sexual education” publication that teaches that homosexual couples are a type of “family,” and states that gays have a “right” to “live [their] sexuality,” according to the pro-family Argentinean Center for Bioethics, the Person, and the Family. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/17/argentina-distributes-millions-of-copies-of-un-gay-affirmative-sex-ed-doc/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/21/french-bishops-supporting-two-pro-abortion-groups-in-latin-america/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/21/french-bishops-supporting-two-pro-abortion-groups-in-latin-america/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2011 18:22:41 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=101725 LifeSiteNews: The French Catholic hierarchy is supporting at least two pro-abortion groups in Latin America through its international development agency, LifeSiteNews has learned. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/21/french-bishops-supporting-two-pro-abortion-groups-in-latin-america/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/02/argentina-opens-debate-on-abortion/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/02/argentina-opens-debate-on-abortion/#comments Thu, 02 Dec 2010 22:24:53 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=84782 The Press Association: "A key committee of Argentinian politicians is launching a first-ever debate on legalising abortion in the largely Roman Catholic country." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/02/argentina-opens-debate-on-abortion/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/30/flush-with-100-million-human-rights-watch-sets-sights-on-abortion-in-argentina/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/30/flush-with-100-million-human-rights-watch-sets-sights-on-abortion-in-argentina/#comments Tue, 30 Nov 2010 22:37:14 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=84407 LifeSiteNews: "Flush with a recent $100 million donation from leftist billionaire George Soros, the abortion lobby Human Rights Watch (HRW) is setting its sights on Argentina, where it hopes to pressure the government to remove 'obstacles' to abortion and sterilization, and allow the distribution of contraceptives to children as young as 13 years of age, without parental approval." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/30/flush-with-100-million-human-rights-watch-sets-sights-on-abortion-in-argentina/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/01/catholic-magazine-denounces-violence-against-pro-life-women-in-argentina/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/01/catholic-magazine-denounces-violence-against-pro-life-women-in-argentina/#comments Mon, 01 Nov 2010 20:57:32 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=79564 Catholic News Agency: "In its November edition the Argentinean Catholic magazine Familia y Vida (Family and Life) has published a full report on the violent attacks against pro-life advocates that took place at the National Women’s Conference in the city of Parana between Oct. 9 and 11. While the country’s secular media completely ignored the story, Family and Life published its November edition early in order to provide readers complete coverage, including analysis, eye-witness accounts and exclusive photos filed by its team of journalists." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/01/catholic-magazine-denounces-violence-against-pro-life-women-in-argentina/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/06/removal-of-crosses-empties-society-of-values-warns-argentina-archbishop/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/06/removal-of-crosses-empties-society-of-values-warns-argentina-archbishop/#comments Wed, 06 Oct 2010 19:53:28 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=75342 Catholic News Agency: "Archbishop Hector Aguer of La Plata, Argentina criticized a proposal by the country’s Chief Justice Carmen Argibay to remove crucifixes from the courtroom, saying such a move would leave the country empty of transcendent values and at the mercy of agnosticism and relativism." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/06/removal-of-crosses-empties-society-of-values-warns-argentina-archbishop/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/10/transvestites-demand-use-of-opposite-sex-bathrooms-in-argentina/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/10/transvestites-demand-use-of-opposite-sex-bathrooms-in-argentina/#comments Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:40:42 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=71871 LifeSiteNews: "Argentinean transvestites are objecting to new legislation proposed to create a third bathroom for their use in commercial establishments, according to local and international reports. The proposed law, advanced by councilwoman Gimena Abonassar of the city of San Martín, is intended to protect women from men who enter their bathrooms dressed as the opposite sex, an increasingly common occurrence in certain countries." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/10/transvestites-demand-use-of-opposite-sex-bathrooms-in-argentina/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/19/argentinean-bishops-list-concerns-about-impact-of-same-sex-marriage-on-schools/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/19/argentinean-bishops-list-concerns-about-impact-of-same-sex-marriage-on-schools/#comments Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:42:40 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=69509 Catholic News Agency: “'The law poses new challenges to the Church: how to confront this new reality in education, particularly in Catholic schools, with teachers and with students.  And also how to address the issue in families,' the priest said." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/19/argentinean-bishops-list-concerns-about-impact-of-same-sex-marriage-on-schools/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/19/human-rights-watch-incorrectly-charges-argentina-with-treaty-violations-over-abortion/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/19/human-rights-watch-incorrectly-charges-argentina-with-treaty-violations-over-abortion/#comments Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:22:54 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=69497 C-FAM: "A report released last week by the human rights advocacy group Human Rights Watch promotes abortion in Argentina and criticizes Argentina for not complying with international law . . . The report erroneously cites several international human rights treaties and committees . . . for its claim that international law requires Argentina to provide abortion-on-demand. In fact, no international human rights treaty contains a right to abortion. When CEDAW and ICCPR were negotiated, many of the negotiating countries had pro-life laws on the books that still remain in place today." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/19/human-rights-watch-incorrectly-charges-argentina-with-treaty-violations-over-abortion/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/17/argentina-legislature-discusses-draft-law-on-non-punishable-abortions/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/17/argentina-legislature-discusses-draft-law-on-non-punishable-abortions/#comments Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:38:56 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=69151 Ciudad 1 [Google translation]: "The Health Commission of the Legislature [will debate on] Tuesday a bill for comprehensive care of abortions [that] are not punishable in the health system of Buenos Aires." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/17/argentina-legislature-discusses-draft-law-on-non-punishable-abortions/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/17/un-representatives-meet-with-argentina-over-abortion-maternal-mortalities/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/17/un-representatives-meet-with-argentina-over-abortion-maternal-mortalities/#comments Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:17:17 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=69156 La Gaceta [Google translation]: "Representatives of the United Nations (UN) met last week with officials from the Ministry of Health [to] raise concerns about the high rate of maternal mortality in Argentina and [to] support the implementation of [a] guide to address issues of legal abortions. This was announced today the Buenos Aires newspaper Clarin, which said the meeting took place last Friday." | The New York Times has more information on the guide at issue: "Earlier in July, though, a ministry official said Dr. Manzur had signed a resolution backing a guide to legal abortion services. The guide would allow doctors to carry out abortions for rape victims without securing a police report. But a day later, the minister issued a statement saying he had not signed the resolution, and Argentine news outlets suggested that Mrs. Kirchner had ordered him to halt the effort." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/17/un-representatives-meet-with-argentina-over-abortion-maternal-mortalities/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/17/university-of-buenos-aires-professors-reject-ruling-in-favor-of-abortion/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/17/university-of-buenos-aires-professors-reject-ruling-in-favor-of-abortion/#comments Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:16:19 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=69155 AICA [Google translation]: "An important group of professors from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) rejected the ruling of the Superior Council of Aug. 11 for a change in national legislation within the meaning of the decriminalization of abortion and in favor of course right to abortion legal, safe and free." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/17/university-of-buenos-aires-professors-reject-ruling-in-favor-of-abortion/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/16/aclu-summer-for-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/16/aclu-summer-for-marriage/#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:03:00 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=68845 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 . . ." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/16/aclu-summer-for-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/29/organization-offers-guidance-to-argentinean-judges-who-object-to-same-sex-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/29/organization-offers-guidance-to-argentinean-judges-who-object-to-same-sex-marriage/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:56:29 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/29/organization-offers-guidance-to-argentinean-judges-who-object-to-same-sex-marriage/ Catholic News Agency: "The pro-life office of the Fundar Movement in Argentina is offering a conscientious objection guide to justices of the peace who are opposed to gay “marriage” and refuse to preside over same-sex 'weddings.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/29/organization-offers-guidance-to-argentinean-judges-who-object-to-same-sex-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/26/argentina-becomes-first-latin-american-nation-to-legislate-in-favor-of-marriage-for-same-sex-partners-after-iceland-takes-the-plunge/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/26/argentina-becomes-first-latin-american-nation-to-legislate-in-favor-of-marriage-for-same-sex-partners-after-iceland-takes-the-plunge/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:19:02 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=66526 Argentina Becomes First Latin-American Nation to Legislate in Favor of Marriage for Same-Sex Partners after Iceland Takes the Plunge (Google Viewer) New York Law School's Lesbian/Gay Law Notes "In the early morning hours of July 15, Argentina’s Senate concluded a 16 hour debate by voting 33-27 (with 3 abstentions) in favor of legislation that will provide full access to marriage for same-sex couples in that country. The Senate vote endorsed a bill that was approved by the lower house of the legislature on May 5, 2010, by a vote of 125-109, with 6 abstentions. President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is a strong supporter of the legislation, so final enactment is assured. The legislation will substitute the term 'the marrying parties' for 'husband and wife' in the existing laws governing marriage. It becomes effective upon publication in the official bulletin, which was expected to take place within a few days of the vote. Further legislation will be needed to make necessary adjustments in other statutes. The Argentinian action came just a month after Iceland’s Parliament had voted unanimously, 49-0, on June 12 to approve legislation allowing same-sex marriages, with the law coming into force on June 27." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/26/argentina-becomes-first-latin-american-nation-to-legislate-in-favor-of-marriage-for-same-sex-partners-after-iceland-takes-the-plunge/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/22/argentinean-health-minister-in-hot-water-following-attempt-to-depenalize-abortions/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/22/argentinean-health-minister-in-hot-water-following-attempt-to-depenalize-abortions/#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:01:11 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/22/argentinean-health-minister-in-hot-water-following-attempt-to-depenalize-abortions/ LifeSiteNews: "Blasted by representatives of Argentina's pro-life majority, and threatened with legal action, Argentinean Health Minister Juan Manzur is distancing himself from a new 'guide' issued by his agency that would permit women to obtain abortions by signing an oath that they have been raped, and would allow minors to receive abortions against their parents' will." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/22/argentinean-health-minister-in-hot-water-following-attempt-to-depenalize-abortions/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/22/argentina-president-signs-same-sex-marriage-legislation/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/22/argentina-president-signs-same-sex-marriage-legislation/#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:58:19 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/22/argentina-president-signs-same-sex-marriage-legislation/ JURIST: "Argentine President Cristina Fernandez on Wednesday signed a same-sex marriage bill into law. The signing ceremony comes one week after the bill was approved by the legislature, making Argentina the first Latin American nation to legalize same-sex marriage. The legislation, which includes adoption rights for same-sex couples, was approved after 14 hours of debate, despite strong opposition from some lawmakers who introduced an alternative bill that would have allowed civil unions nationwide without adoption rights." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/22/argentina-president-signs-same-sex-marriage-legislation/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/21/redefinition-of-marriage-in-argentina-signals-waning-catholic-influence/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/21/redefinition-of-marriage-in-argentina-signals-waning-catholic-influence/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:21:49 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=66247 Yahoo (Reuters): "The Catholic Church's failure to derail a gay marriage law in Argentina shows once powerful clergymen losing their influence in Latin America, where pressure is growing for more liberal social legislation. ... Extending gay rights and other social legislation being pushed through by the region's politicians suggest Latin Americans are becoming more liberal in contrast with the Church's unbending views on sexual freedom, contraceptives and abortion." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/21/redefinition-of-marriage-in-argentina-signals-waning-catholic-influence/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/20/chilean-homosexual-couple-asks-to-be-married-in-argentina/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/20/chilean-homosexual-couple-asks-to-be-married-in-argentina/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:54:27 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=66109 The Pulse: "A Chilean couple is acting fast after hearing that the Argentinian government approved gay marriage this past Thursday. Already they have called the Civil Registry of Mendoza, Chile’s neighboring city, to inquire about marriage procedures." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/20/chilean-homosexual-couple-asks-to-be-married-in-argentina/feed/ 0