Wow! (Updated)

Just "Wow!" The marriage news this week is amazing -- just a quick run-down:

Uruguay: Done deal. The Chamber of Deputies approved the changes to the bill made in the Senate by a vote of 71 to 21.

"We are living a historic moment," said Federico Grana, a leader of the Black Sheep Collective, a gay rights group that drafted the proposal. "In terms of the steps needed, we calculate that the first gay couples should be getting married 90 days after the promulgation of the law, or in the middle of July."

The "marriage equality project" as it is called, was already approved by ample majorities in both legislative houses, but senators made some changes that required a final vote by the deputies. Gay and lesbian foreigners will now be allowed to come to Uruguay to marry, just as heterosexual couples can, said Michelle Suarez of the Black Sheep Collective.

President Jose Mujica, whose governing Broad Front majority backed the law, is expected to put it into effect within 10 days.

France: The key provision of the marriage bill has passed both houses. And it looks like it's being fast-tracked: the final vote in the Senate is apparently scheduled for today or tomorrow:

The upper house approved the article overnight by a vote of 179 to 157, with all Senators from the ruling Socialists voting in favour and five from the main opposition right-wing UMP breaking ranks with their colleagues to approve it, AFP reports.

The full bill must still be approved by the Senate, as well as another controversial article granting homosexual couples the right to adopt. A final vote is expected on Thursday or Friday.

As might be expected, the French do things bit by bit -- each part of the bill has to pass separately, but it looks like it's going to happen very soon.  (Update:  The French Senate passed the bill.  Now back to the Chamber for review of some minor amendments, with a final vote in late May, but it looks like it's a done deal.)

United Kingdom: The UK is still arguing about it.

Closer to home:

Delaware: They're about to get their own marriage bill to play with:

State lawmakers are poised to introduce legislation legalizing same-sex marriage in Delaware.

Gov. Jack Markell and Attorney General Beau Biden planned to join lawmakers Thursday in Wilmington to announce the filing of the legislation.

The bill has the support of Democratic leadership in both houses, and Markell has pledged to sign it.

Nevada: The legislature has started the process to rescind Nevada's same-sex marriage ban.

Despite Gov. Brian Sandoval's belief that marriage should be between a man and a woman, the Senate Judiciary Committee is poised Thursday to approve a constitutional amendment on gay marriage.

Committee Chairman Sen. Tick Segerblom, D-Las Vegas, says there are enough votes for Senate Joint Resolution 13 to clear both the committee and the full Senate. Some Republicans are supporting the measure, he said.

Illinois: Still in process, but momentum is growing in the House (the Senate has passed the bill), with Republican legislators starting to come on board:

[Rep. Ed] Sullivan [Jr., R-Mundelein] said he believes more Republicans among the 47 in the House will sign on.

"There is tremendous momentum leading up to this vote. I think we're very close," he said. "There's many of my colleagues that have talked about this, that have said it's the right thing to do."

The problem is likely to be downstate Democrats.

(All but the Illinois bit via Box Turtle Bulletin.)

So far, so good.