Again a lost battle: Same-Sex-Marriage Passed in Uruguay

Uruguayan lawmakers have approved Wednesday a same-sex marriage measure, leaving just one more key step -- the president's signature -- before such couples can wed. In 2009, Uruguay was the first Latin American country to allow same-sex couples to adopt children and one of the first Latin American countries to allow same-sex civil unions. The new measure removes the words "man" and "woman" from the country's civil code and replaces them with the word "spouse,"

The Rev. Pablo Galimberti, bishop of Salto, wrote in a recent post on the website of the Uruguayan Bishops Conference: "Why make relative or devalue an institution that is already so injured, like the family, introducing deep modifications that are going to confuse more than clarify?"

(Photo: The Legislative Palace of the General Assembly in Uruguay)