Mexico City allows gay marriage with landmark law

~~[b]~~Mexico City allows gay marriage with landmark law[/b]

Mexico City became the first capital in Catholic, often macho Latin America to allow same-sex marriage on Monday when city legislators passed a law giving gay couples full marriage rights.
The legislation goes further than a 2006 city law allowing civil unions by giving gay couples access to the same family social security benefits and joint loans as straight couples.

In a last-minute measure, the city's left-dominated assembly overcame conservative opposition to allow gay couples that marry to adopt children. ...