A button on the jacket of World War II veteran Paul Goercke, chaplain at the Alexander Hamilton American Legion Post 448, is shown at their office in San Francisco, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010. According to its website, the Alexander Hamilton Post 448 is the only post whose membership is predominantly Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

A button on the jacket of World War II veteran Paul Goercke, chaplain at the Alexander Hamilton American Legion Post 448, is shown at their office in San Francisco, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010. According to its website, the Alexander Hamilton Post 448 is the only post whose membership is predominantly Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

A demonstrator holds a banner reading in spanish “God, protect us from your followers”, outside Argentina’s congress during a rally to support a proposal to legalize same-sex marriage in Buenos Aires, Wednesday, July 14, 2010. On Wednesday, senators are expected to vote over the bill which would make Argentina become the first Latin American country to legalize same sex marriage. (AP Photo/ Natacha Pisarenko) Read more →

A demonstrator holds a banner reading in spanish “God, protect us from your followers”, outside Argentina’s congress during a rally to support a proposal to legalize same-sex marriage in Buenos Aires, Wednesday, July 14, 2010. On Wednesday, senators are expected to vote over the bill which would make Argentina become the first Latin American country to legalize same sex marriage. (AP Photo/ Natacha Pisarenko)

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Demonstrators wave a gay pride flag outside Congress in support of a proposal to legalize same-sex marriage in Buenos Aires, Wednesday July 14, 2010. Argentina’s House of Deputies has approved same-sex marriage and sent the legislation to the Senate, which is discussing its consideration Wednesday. President Cristina Fernandez promises not to veto the measure if it reaches her desk. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Read more →

Demonstrators wave a gay pride flag outside Congress in support of a proposal to legalize same-sex marriage in Buenos Aires, Wednesday July 14, 2010. Argentina’s House of Deputies has approved same-sex marriage and sent the legislation to the Senate, which is discussing its consideration Wednesday. President Cristina Fernandez promises not to veto the measure if it reaches her desk. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

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Gary Okabayashi, left, and his partner of 32 years Lenny Zimmerman, both of Waikiki, Hawaii, wave to morning rush hour traffic showing their support for Hawaii’s same-sex civil unions bill at the Hawaii State Capitol building in Honolulu on Tuesday, July 6, 2010. Gov. Linda Lingle must veto the bill, sign it into law or allow the measure to become law without her signature by midnight on Tuesday. If passed, the bill would allow both same-sex and opposite-sex couples to form unions with almost the same rights and responsibilities of marriage. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner) Read more →

Gary Okabayashi, left, and his partner of 32 years Lenny Zimmerman, both of Waikiki, Hawaii, wave to morning rush hour traffic showing their support for Hawaii’s same-sex civil unions bill at the Hawaii State Capitol building in Honolulu on Tuesday, July 6, 2010. Gov. Linda Lingle must veto the bill, sign it into law or allow the measure to become law without her signature by midnight on Tuesday. If passed, the bill would allow both same-sex and opposite-sex couples to form unions with almost the same rights and responsibilities of marriage. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner)

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A group of transexuals and transgender march along the street as they shout slogans during an international demonstration in Barcelona, Spain, on Saturday, June 5, 2010. Hundreds of transexual and transgender demonstrated to condemn the fact that transsexuality is considered a mental disorder in the international disease manuals. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

A group of transexuals and transgender march along the street as they shout slogans during an international demonstration in Barcelona, Spain, on Saturday, June 5, 2010. Hundreds of transexual and transgender demonstrated to condemn the fact that transsexuality is considered a mental disorder in the international disease manuals. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Sinjoyla Townsend, of Washington, holds up her ticket as the first couple at Superior Court to obtain a marriage license after the District of Columbia legalized gay marriage in Washington, on Wednesday, March 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) Read more →

Sinjoyla Townsend, of Washington, holds up her ticket as the first couple at Superior Court to obtain a marriage license after the District of Columbia legalized gay marriage in Washington, on Wednesday, March 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Elizabeth Chase, left and Kate Baldridge, of Fresno, California, an engaged same-sex couple hoping to marry, listen to a rally outside of the federal courthouse in San Francisco, Monday, Jan. 11, 2010. The first federal trial to determine if the U.S. Constitution prohibits states from outlawing same-sex marriage got under way Monday, and the two gay couples on whose behalf the case was brought will be among the first witnesses. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Elizabeth Chase, left and Kate Baldridge, of Fresno, California, an engaged same-sex couple hoping to marry, listen to a rally outside of the federal courthouse in San Francisco, Monday, Jan. 11, 2010. The first federal trial to determine if the U.S. Constitution prohibits states from outlawing same-sex marriage got under way Monday, and the two gay couples on whose behalf the case was brought will be among the first witnesses. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Lesbian couple Shelly Bailes, left, Ellen Pontac, right, who were married in 2008, laugh during a rally in front of a federal courthouse in San Francisco, Monday, Jan. 11, 2010. The first federal trial to determine if the U.S. Constitution prohibits states from outlawing same-sex marriage gets under way in San Francisco on Monday, and the two gay couples on whose behalf the case was brought will be among the first witnesses. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

Lesbian couple Shelly Bailes, left, Ellen Pontac, right, who were married in 2008, laugh during a rally in front of a federal courthouse in San Francisco, Monday, Jan. 11, 2010. The first federal trial to determine if the U.S. Constitution prohibits states from outlawing same-sex marriage gets under way in San Francisco on Monday, and the two gay couples on whose behalf the case was brought will be among the first witnesses. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

In this photo distributed by the press office of Tierra del Fuego government, Alex Freyre, right, and his partner Jose Maria Di Bello, both HIV positive, show their wedding certificate after their marriage at the civil registry of Ushuaia, in southern Argentina, Monday, Dec. 28, 2009. The couple’s union is the first gay marriage in Latin America. (AP Photo/Government of Tierra del Fuego)

In this photo distributed by the press office of Tierra del Fuego government, Alex Freyre, right, and his partner Jose Maria Di Bello, both HIV positive, show their wedding certificate after their marriage at the civil registry of Ushuaia, in southern Argentina, Monday, Dec. 28, 2009. The couple’s union is the first gay marriage in Latin America. (AP Photo/Government of Tierra del Fuego)

A man impersonating President Barack Obama holds a sign that reads in Portuguese “A world without preconception” and “Yes we can” at the annual gay pride parade on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

A man impersonating President Barack Obama holds a sign that reads in Portuguese “A world without preconception” and “Yes we can” at the annual gay pride parade on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

People attend the annual gay pride parade on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

People attend the annual gay pride parade on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Lesbian couples stand in front of Argentina’s National Congress gathering signatures to support a possible law bill on gay marriage in Buenos Aires, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009. Gay and lesbian activists think Argentina is ready to become Latin America’s first nation to legalize gay marriage and they’ve got a growing number of supporters in Congress, which opened debate Thursday on whether to change dozens of laws that define marriage as a union between a “man and woman.” The sign atop reads, in Spanish, “Marriage Law: The same rights with the same names.”

Lesbian couples stand in front of Argentina’s National Congress gathering signatures to support a possible law bill on gay marriage in Buenos Aires, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009. Gay and lesbian activists think Argentina is ready to become Latin America’s first nation to legalize gay marriage and they’ve got a growing number of supporters in Congress, which opened debate Thursday on whether to change dozens of laws that define marriage as a union between a “man and woman.” The sign atop reads, in Spanish, “Marriage Law: The same rights with the same names.”