Mexico City became the first city in Latin America to legalize gay marriage in 2009.

2009年，墨西哥城成为拉丁美洲第一个使同性婚姻合法化的城市。

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In July 2010, meanwhile, Argentina became the first country in Latin America to legalise gay marriage.

BBC: Gay marriage: Party leaders hail vote

"The vision of the Vatican and the hierarchy is that the Catholic media should support and ... promote the positions taken by the hierarchy, " said Reese, who was removed from his position as editor of the Jesuit magazine America in 2005 after it published stories on topics including gay marriage.

NPR: Catholic Newspaper Draws Rebuke From Bishop

The Republicans' own fury about those liberal judges merely underlines how important the judiciary is in the culture wars (abortion, gay marriage and the like) that divide America so bitterly.

ECONOMIST: Congress and the judiciary