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Socialist Uruguay on road to homosexual and transsexual 'marriage'

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December 19, 2012, ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - The Uruguayan Chamber of Deputies overwhelmingly voted last week to approve a bill that would make “marriage” a legal right for homosexual couples and for transsexuals as well, according to local media reports. The text of the bill states that “the institution of matrimony will include the union of two contracting parties, whatever their gender identity or sexual orientation, on the same terms, with equal effects and forms of solution that the Civil Code currently establishes.” President José Mujica . A large number of “conservative” Colorado Party members voted with the dominant socialist Broad Front to pass the legislation with 81 out of 87 members present voting in favor, and 12 members absent. The legislation will now pass to the Senate, where it is also expected to be approved. President José Mujica, also a Broad Front socialist, has already indicated his intention to sign.  If he does so, Uruguay will become the second

Uruguay on verge of approving homosexual and transsexual ‘marriage’ law

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El Espectador's front page as a daily in tabloid format, May 2008 (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) December 11, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - Uruguay ’s ruling socialist coalition, known as the “ Broad Front ,” is spearheading a legislative initiative to create homosexual and transsexual ‘marriage’ in the South American country, according to regional news reports. The text of the bill not only permits two people of the same sex to “marry,” but also enshrines gender ideology into its marriage statute. It states that “the institution of matrimony will include the union of two contracting parties, whatever their gender identity or sexual orientation, on the same terms, with equal effects and forms of solution that the Civil Code currently establishes.” The Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the National Congress, is reportedly scheduled to vote on the measure tomorrow, following approval of the text of the bill by the chamber’s Constitution and Codes Commission. Uruguay’s El Esp