Obama Gay Marriage Support Seen as World Precedent Jack Chang - Associated Press
go to original May 9, 2012

MEXICO CITY - President Barack Obama's announcement that he supports gay marriage has boosted the hopes of gay rights groups around the world that other leaders will follow the president's example. But Vatican and other religious officials who oppose gay marriage have stayed largely silent.

Gay rights groups are lauding what they said was the tremendous precedent set by the U.S. president and hoped for changes in their own countries. In Latin America, for example, governments in Argentina and Mexico City have backed gay marriage, but most do not.

Julio Moreira, president of the Rio de Janeiro-based Arco-Iris gay rights group, said Wednesday that Obama's announcement is incredibly important because "the United States is a global leader on everything, and that includes gay rights."

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