Around 10% of the world's population is homosexual. Several countries in North and South America have legally recognized same-sex marriage, including Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Mexico, Canada, and the United States. The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that everyone is entitled to rights and freedoms without discrimination based on factors like sex, religion, or social origin.

1. SAME SEX MARRIAGE.
Alejandra Martini – Aitana Ospina
Caracas, 22nd of September 2015

2. UNO HUMAN RIGHTS DECLARATION 1948.
Art. 2 “Every person has all the rights and
freedoms proclaimed in this Declaration,
without any distinction of race, color, sex,
language, religion, political opinion or of any
other nature, national or social origin,
economic position, birth or any another
condition”(…)

3. MARRIAGE DEFINITION.
The legally or formally recognized union of a
man and a woman (or, in some jurisdictions,
two people of the same sex) as partners in a
relationship.

5. HOMOSEXUAL POPULATION.
10 % of world population are homosexual. As
a result, more and more countries have been
approving same sex marriage.

6. COUNTRIES IN AMERICA THAT HAVE
APPROVED SSM.
 Argentina.
 Uruguay.
 Brazil.
 Mexico.
 Canada.
 United States.

7. SUMMARY.
 Everyone has the same rights without caring its
sexual condition.
 Marriage is right we all have.
 Homosexual population around the world is about
10%.
 6 American countries have approved SSM.

8. CONCLUSION.
 Everyone has the right to think, to be and to act
without damaging other people and in our opinion it
should be legal in the whole world, because we are
all human beings.

9. INVITATION.
 Read more about this theme which is becoming
very popular worldwide and everybody should be
aware of what is happenning with homosexuals
around the world.

10. REFERENCES.
 United Nations (1948), Human Rights Universal
Declaration. Retrieved from
http://www.un.org/es/documents/udhr/
 Oxford Dictionaries (2015), Marriage. Retrieved
from
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/
marriage