Two glowing brides in matching white gowns and four other same-sex couples have made history in Mexico City as they wed under Latin America’s first law that explicitly approves gay marriage. Mayor Marcelo Ebrard was a guest of honour at the weddings of Judith Vazquez and Lol Kin Castaneda and the other couples who tied the knot in a city building, despite harsh criticism from the Roman Catholic Church and a campaign against the measure by President Felipe Calderon’s conservative National Action Party.

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