Latin America sees first gay marriage

Two men in Argentina have become Latin America's first legally married same-sex couple, after the governor of the country's southernmost Tierra del Fuego province permitted their wedding. Jose Maria Di Bello and Alex Freyre, both gay rights activists, were married in Ushuaia, the provincial capital, in a civil ceremony on Tuesday. "My knees didn't stop shaking," 41-year-old Di Bello said. "We are the first gay couple in Latin America to marry." Claudio Morgano, president of the national anti-discrimination institute and a witness at the wedding, called the marriage a "historic occasion". Argentina's constitution does not specify that marriage must be exclusively between a man and a woman, but the country's civil code does make the distinction.