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Progress!
Barack Obama should listen up!
Uruguay will now allow gays and lesbians to openly serve in their military.
The country's president, Tabare Vazquez, says: "The Uruguayan government does not discriminate against citizens based on their political, ethnic or sexual identity."
In late 2007, Uruguay became the first country in Latin America to legalize civil unions for gay couples.
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Go, Uruguay!
Barack Obama should listen up!
Uruguay will now allow gays and lesbians to openly serve in their military.
The country's president, Tabare Vazquez, says: "The Uruguayan government does not discriminate against citizens based on their political, ethnic or sexual identity."
In late 2007, Uruguay became the first country in Latin America to legalize civil unions for gay couples.
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Go, Uruguay!