Uruguay has recently become the second South American country to legalize same-sex marriages, following Argentina which made it legal in 2010. This is the third country in the Americas to legalize same-sex marriage, Canada being the first in 2004. The bill to legalize marriage equality passed with overwhelming majority, 71 to 21 people voting in favor of passing the bill. Uruguay, which has already legally implemented many rights and benefits for LGBT people and same-sex couples, becomes the 11th country internationally to legalize marriage equality on a national level, while the US still trails behind on a global level.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22102740
This article explains the basic information that same-sex marriage was legalized, with the country’s president “championing for the bill to pass.” This also mentions the progressive ideas Uruguay is implementing, including raising the age of consent to 16, which before it was 12 for women and 14 for men.
This article brings up same-sex marriage passing overwhelmingly in Uruguay, and compares it to the slow and absurd process in America. The bill Uruguay passed with 71 of 92 people voting to approve is very similar to the bills that congress and the supreme court have seen, however the article says that these US systems take much longer and have less support. The article then commends same-sex couples on their new rights.
This article speaks of Catholic opposition to same-sex marriage in Uruguay. It says that the church was opposed to same-sex marriage, and at a conference, came up with the consensus that same-sex marriage will “weaken traditional marriage” in Uruguay. The church also said that same-sex marriage will have negative legal consequences on the country. Despite this it overwhelmingly was passed.
This video shows the congress in Uruguay passing the bill, then people’s celebratory reactions as they discover the bill has overwhelmingly passed. It continues on to show a newlywed husband describe his experience in brief, and be thankful for the bill passing. It continues onto show a conservative congressman provide a slippery slope logical fallacy of an argument to disagree with same-sex marriage, providing a point from both the majority side, and the (bullshit) opposition.
WMS 189: Sexuality in the Americas 
This is a very relevant issue, I am curious to see what aspects you will research. For example, will you be focusing on the political/legal aspects of the law, or the social aspects? Will you be comparing it to another case in the Americas (sounds like the US?) and on what basis? I’d like to recommend a piece that may be useful here. It is not about Uruguay or Latin America, but will help elucidate some issues. It’s called Queering Citizenship? Same-Sex Marriage and the State by Amy Brandzel– email me if you’d like the pdf.