An architect and a retired office administrator have become the 1st gay couple to marry in Argentina under a new law legalizing same-sex marriages. Miguel Angel Calefato, 65, and Jose Luis Navarro, 54, have lived together for 27 years. Argentina is the 1st Latin American country to legalize same-sex marriage. The law was passed after a long and often bitter campaign and it still faces opposition, most notably from the Roman Catholic Church. After the early-morning ceremony in the northern town of Frias, Calefato and Navarro promised to hold a big party to thank all who had supported the passage of the law. Another gay couple got married in Buenos Aires an hour later, and many more gay marriages are scheduled for the weekend, including one between 2 men serving time in prison. The 1st lesbian couple are scheduled to tie the knot at the beginning of August. The 1st gay wedding in Argentina took place in December when Alejandro Freyre and Jose Maria Di Bello in Tierra del Fuego province. Gay marriage was illegal in Argentina at the time, but the Tierra del Fuego governor issued a special decree allowing the couple to marry there.
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