Fabuloso!But let’s, for clarity’s sake, distinguish between countries like Spain and now Portugal where it is legal federally vs. countries like the U.S. where states or districts or cities allow it (like Mexico City in Mexico).
It’s still glorious news and then there are a dozen countries in Europe with various forms of civil union.
Maybe we could invite the Pope to other countries where his rhetoric will backfire.

Including Portugal … there are now eight countries where same-sex marriage is legal nationwide.
Cavaco, a longtime opponent of marriage equality, made an ungraceful announcement in which he deplored the partisanship of equality advocates and insisted that civil unions would have been preferable. But he recognized that there was no point in vetoing the bill since the Assembly of the Republic would overturn his veto anyway.
I wish our Congress had as much guts and decency as the Portuguese Assembly.

United States? really?Counting the US seems a little bit weird since it’s only a handful of states and even in those DOMA makes quite a difference between full equality.

I agreeThe U.S. and Mexico shouldn’t be on the list.

I was counting thembecause marriage is available within those countries, even if not available and recognized in every state and federally.  But you and Lev make a fair point, so I’ve updated the post.

WIKI has noted for a while that the COQUILLE nation in Oregon also recognize SSM.

Next up, Iceland?Not if Argentina beats them to it.
Argentine House of Deputies approves gay marriage
May 5, 2010 By The Associated Press
Gay marriage is a big step closer to becoming law in Argentina.
The House of Deputies approved same-sex marriage by an ample margin Wednesday and sent the legislation for consideration in the Senate. President Cristina Fernandez has promised not to veto the measure if it reaches her desk.
Gay rights activist Esteban Paulon calls it historic – the first time a gay marriage initiative…”
In any case it’s another big victory.
The concept of marriage has been changing since World War Two. When SSM becomes legal it’ll have undergone a qualitative change.

senateyes, the argentine house passed the legislation, but the senate is a sticky subject with no less than fmr president carlos menem (he’s a senator now) getting in the way.
in contrast, it looks like smoother sailing for iceland.  after all, their prime minister is an out lesbian.

Married ss couples can’t adopt still in Portugal.What is it with Europe and the adoption thing which seems so diff from many of the US states where parental rights and family benefits for children of gay families is often the driver towards equality here in the states.

Not always.Same-sex couples can adopt in Andorra, the United Kingdom, Iceland, Finland, and Denmark, though they can’t marry in any of those countries.

Sorry to hear it. Menem is a right Peronist who converted to the roman cult to curry votes.
He’s bad news.
He’s a total tool. His privatization of state enterprises ruined them. He pardoned the leaders of the military junta who murdered thousands of unionists and youth in 1970′s and 80 and 80′s.  

Sorry to hear it. Menem is a right Peronist who converted to the roman cult to curry votes.
He’s bad news.
He’s a total tool. His privatization of state enterprises ruined them. He pardoned the leaders of the military junta who murdered thousands of unionists and youth in 1970′s and 80 and 80′s.  

I am far too competative an American to accept the fallacy that we might not be in the lead on anything *snark*It is officially US 6 and EU 6. We are all tied up, now bring on the World Cup!! (je-je-he–snicker!)

He is also……a crony in the Bush crime family.

it is an odd contrast, isn’t it?despite the exceptions earthlingblues mentions, it has been the pattern for european countries to offer marriage or civil unions without adoption or assisted reproduction rights.  the netherlands only just recently corrected this discrepancy, and they were the first marriage equality country (2001).
i think european countries are more open to s-s marriage and CUs than the USA because marriage in many/most european countries has always been a civil affair conducted days before and independent of any religious ceremony.  so they haven’t had to wrestle with the false notion that gays were invading ‘sacred’ space.  but as for the differences in adoption, i really don’t have a clue.  

US 6, EU 5…Norway is in EFTA, not the EU.
However that’s 12% of states (6 of 51) representing 5% of the population (15.7 million of 309 million) vs. 18.5% of states (5 of 27) representing 18.7% of the population (93.5 million of 0.5 billion). If you combine both EFTA and the EU, once Iceland legalises it will shortly be 22.6% of states (7 of 31) representing 19.3% of the populaton (98.7 million of 512 million).
That ignores the even bigger disparity between states that provide any form of recognition. Of the ten largest US states by population (i.e. the largest fifth) only one (California) provides some form of state-level recognition of gay couples, although one other (NY) does recognise out-of-state gay marriages. By comparison, of the 6 largest EU/EFTA states only two (Poland & Italy) provide no recognition. Overall the US states that provide no state-level recognition contain a large majority of the US population; the reverse is true of the EU & EFTA, where 71% of the population lives in a state with some form of recognition.

Eight or TenIt’s wonderful, of course, but still fewer than the number of countries that allow ritual female genital mutilation:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05…

counting heads is a bit misleading thoughsince same-sex marriages aren’t recognized by the US federal government, s-s couples don’t enjoy the 1,100+ federal rights and responsibilities that married different-sex couples do.  in contrast, marriage is regulated at the federal level in the european countries with marriage equality, so married s-s couples there truly enjoy marriage equality because they are accorded ALL the rights and responsibilities (with the exception of adoption and access assisted reproduciton in some countries).

or ritual male genital mutilation?as in circumcision.

We do not yet have the federal recognition…..but the rights, responsibilities and protections conveyed under state (and DC) laws are VERY real nonetheless, and every couple in the U.S. has the ability to get no-shit married in one of the states that permits it.  It’s a significant statement of their commitment to each other and provides genuine protection in those jurisdictions, even if the license is not yet recognized in their home state.

absolutely

All the worst sort are.

But check this outArgentina’s senate plans to take up marriage equality legislation in July  

I mean June