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The Latin American nation of 3.3 million became the second in the region to adopt the measure, after its neighbour Argentina

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Uruguayan citizens celebrate in the Congress building after Uruguay's Congress passed a bill to allow same-sex marriages, making it the second country in predominantly Roman Catholic Latin America to do so April 10, 2013. Seventy-one of 92 lawmakers in the lower house of Congress voted in favor of the proposal, one week after the Senate passed it by a wide majority.ANDRES STAPFF/Reuters

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Uruguayan citizens celebrate in the Congress building after Uruguay's Congress passed a bill to allow same-sex marriages, making it the second country in predominantly Roman Catholic Latin America to do so, April 10, 2013.ANDRES STAPFF/Reuters

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Uruguayan citizens celebrate in the Congress building after Uruguay's Congress passed a bill to allow same-sex marriages, making it the second country in predominantly Roman Catholic Latin America to do so, April 10, 2013.ANDRES STAPFF/Reuters

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A couple waits outside the Congress building before Uruguay's Congress passed a bill to allow same-sex marriages, making it the second country in predominantly Roman Catholic Latin America to do so, April 10, 2013.ANDRES STAPFF/Reuters

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People wait outside the Congress building before Uruguay's Congress passed a bill to allow same-sex marriages, making it the second country in predominantly Roman Catholic Latin America to do so, April 10, 2013.ANDRES STAPFF/Reuters

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People look on as Uruguay's Congress discussed a bill to allow same-sex marriages, making it the second country in predominantly Roman Catholic Latin America to do so April 10, 2013.ANDRES STAPFF/Reuters

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A couple celebrates outside the Congress building after Uruguay's Congress passed a bill to allow same-sex marriages, making it the second country in predominantly Roman Catholic Latin America to do so April 10, 2013. Seventy-one of 92 lawmakers in the lower house of Congress voted in favor of the proposal, one week after the Senate passed it by a wide majority. Leftist President Jose Mujica, a former guerrilla fighter, is expected to sign the bill into law.ANDRES STAPFF/Reuters

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