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"On the cusp of a new decade, Mexico City lawmakers legalized gay marriage yesterday, making the city the first in Latin America to do so. &amp;amp;#8220;The bill passed the capital&amp;#x27;s local assembly 39-20 to the cheers of supporters who yelled: &amp;amp;#8216;Yes, we could! Yes, we could!&amp;amp;#8217;&amp;amp;#8221; the Associated Press reports. The bill is designed to change the city&amp;amp;#8217;s definition of marriage. The current civil code says it&amp;amp;#8217;s the union of a man and a woman; now it&amp;amp;#8217;ll be &amp;quot;the free uniting of two people.&amp;quot; Under this law, gay couples can &amp;amp;#8220;adopt children, apply for bank loans together, inherit wealth and be included in the insurance policies of their spouse, rights they were denied under civil unions allowed in the city.&amp;amp;#8221; Just how monumental is this? Well, let&amp;amp;#8217;s look at the facts: Currently, seven countries permit gay marriages: Canada, Spain, South Africa, Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands and Belgium. Meanwhile, four U.S. states allow same-sex marriages: Iowa, Massachusetts, Vermont and Connecticut. New Hampshire will join this group on January 1 when its legislation goes into effect, and the mayor of D.C. recently signed a same-sex marriage bill. Do you think that Mexico City is paving the way for more places to legalize same-sex marriage in 2010? Are you for or against gay marriage? What do you think of this news? More on gay marriage from Save the Date: Genius wedding idea: Two grooms! Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi tie the knot! A gorgeous same-sex wedding. Congrats to the brides! More Ways to Get Glamour You could win $50,000 just for registering or logging in to Glamour.com! Sign up for Glamour.com&amp;#x27;s Style Tips of the Week and Beauty Tip of the Day newsletters! Add Glamour to your iGoogle homepage. Follow Glamour on Twitter. Photo: Jupiter Images "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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