Gay rights activists hug outside the city's assembly in Mexico City December 21, 2009. Mexico City became the first capital in Catholic, often macho Latin America to allow same-sex marriage on Monday when city legislators passed a law giving gay couples full marriage rights. The legislation goes further than a 2006 city law allowing civil unions by giving gay couples access to the same family social security benefits and joint loans as straight couples.
REUTERS/Daniel Aguilar (MEXICO - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY)