Argentina and Iceland approve same-sex marriages.

On July 15, 2010, the Argentine Senate voted to approve same-sex marriages, adding its voice to a similar bill approved in May by the lower house. Because President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner supports the bill, it will become the law. The Parliament in Iceland unanimously approved a similar bill (by a vote of 49-0) on June 12. Argentina and Iceland join the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Canada, South Africa, Norway, Sweden, and Portugal in providing full marriage rights for same sex-couples in addition to the states of Massachusetts, Iowa, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire and the District of Columbia, although these state-law based marriages are not recognized by the federal government in the United States because of federal Defense of Marriage Act.

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[Jimbino]

There are countries, like Brazil, that practice "tit for tat" strategies in their relations with foreign countries.

For example, if the USA requires $130 tourist visas and fingerprinting of Brazilian tourists to the USA, Brazil imposes $130 tourist visas and fingerprinting of American tourists. Fair enough.

I just wonder what would happen if the countries cited in the report would refuse to honor marriage certificates of countries like the USA that refuse to honor ALL their own marriage certificates.

Thus an American hetero couple would find themselves unmarried in Brazil, for example. Good idea!