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Argentina marks first LGBT baptism

2014-04-06 2 Dailymotion

This baptism ceremony in Argentina is making history.<br/> <br />It's the first baptism in Latin America for the child of a same-sex couple.<br/> <br />It's taking place in a Roman Catholic church despite the nation's social conservatism.<br/> <br />And the Godmother is President Cristina Fernandez although she wasn't able to attend personally and sent an aide in her place.<br/> <br />Baby Umma is the child of lesbian couple Carina Villaroel and Soledad Ortiz.<br/> <br />Now Ortiz, the baby's birth mother, says they're planning a church wedding as well.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE)(Spanish) SOLEDAD ORTIZ, BIRTH MOTHER OF UMMA, SAYING:<br/> <br />"We hoped, we imagined this moment together, this entire moment right now. Even more, we're awaiting a wedding now. We want a wedding for the two of us. After our daughter's baptism we want a wedding."<br/> <br />Argentina became the first Latin American country to legalise gay marriage and adoption in 2010.<br/> <br />Argentine-born Pope Francis has said all children can be baptised but it'

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