Latin America's first gay marriage law has seen the first same-sex couples take make their relations official before the court in Mexico.
Mexico City's left-leaning legislature approved gay marriage and opened the way for adoptions on December 21, provoking a wave of uproar from religious groups in the Catholic nation and conservatives including President Felipe Calderon, said an AFP report on news.com.au.
"We don't have anything ready apart from what we're wearing," said Judith Vazquez, who will wed another woman.
Vazquez and Lol Kin Castaneda were taken by surprise when the region's first gay marriage law came into force last week in the Mexican capital, and shortly after they signed their names in the city's civil register, they learned they would be the first of five couples to pass before a city judge.
The Attorney-General has lodged an appeal against the move at the Supreme Court, and a string of states are seeking to apply measures to specifically prohibit gay marriages.
Two men were recently married in Buenos Aires, the country's second gay marriage, after a judge approved the union ahead of possible legislation in Argentina, the report added.
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