Everybody Else Gets It

Via Pam's House Blend, this little item:

OMG. What IS going on in Latin America! Just a couple of hours ago, the Supreme Court in Costa Rica ruled that a referendum scheduled for December 1st which would have banned marriage rights for same-sex couples was unconstitutional.

The article does not give the vote total but says that the majority determined that the issue of marriage rights was a judicial issue and not an electoral issue and that the rights of minorities should never be subjected to a referendum process where they might be subjected to the wishes of a majority. (My emphasis.)

There's a link to the article (Spanish language) at the post.

As to how that applies here, I refer you to the video of Ted Olson and Chris Matthews in this post.

An update, via AmericaBlog:

Mexico's supreme court has ruled that same-sex marriages in Mexico City must be recognised throughout the country.

I also just learned that Uruguay recognizes same-sex civil unions.