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The anti-gay hate group Renew America is one of the sponsors of this daily "Catholic News Round-Up" channel on YouTube, which today warns that evil Brazilian gays, unsatisfied with their recent win on civil unions, are now targeting defenseless little children with an anti-homophobia campaign.

The Associated Press reports:

Brazil's Supreme Court ruled Thursday night that civil unions between same-sex couples must be allowed in this nation with more Roman Catholics than any other. In a 10-0 vote, with one abstention, the justices said gay couples deserve the same legal rights as heterosexual pairs when it comes to alimony, retirement benefits of a partner who dies, and inheritances, among other issues. The ruling, however, stopped short of legalizing gay marriage. In Latin America, that is legal only in neighboring Argentina and in Mexico City.

The National Conference of Brazilian Bishops argued against the bill before the court.

There's no English-language news report to link to yet, but it appears that Brazil's Supreme Court is about to rule in favor of same-sex marriage or civil unions. Or both! JMG reader Andrew is watching the proceedings live on Brazilian television and reports: "It seems like there will be some interpretation about whether same sex civil unions and/or same sex marriage will be recognized; although it is looking like both options will exist. Regardless gay couple will have complete legal parity with rights to adoption, tax breaks, right to pension, etc that hetero married couples have."

Stand by for an update and hopefully, confirmation.

UPDATE: Fellow blogger Andres Duque notes in the comments that the voting happening right now is just about civil unions and not about full marriage.