In the year since Argentina lawmakers legalized gay marriage, 2,697 gay and lesbian couples have tied the knot, La Nacion reported.

Argentina became the first Latin American country to legalize gay marriage after President Christina Fernandez de Kirchner signed the law on July 21, 2010. Lawmakers approved the law over the strong objections of the Roman Catholic Church; one cardinal called the movement to legalized such unions the devil’s handiwork. Opponents have begun a petition drive calling on lawmakers to nullify the law.

A couple together 27 years was the first to marry under the law. Architect Juan Carlos Navarro married his partner Miguel Angel Calefato in Santiago del Estero on July 30.

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For more than 25 years Arturo Lodetti dreamt of walking down the aisle with the love of his life. Now finally, with his wedding only a few months away, he is planning to make it the biggest, most fabulous party that Buenos Aires has ever seen.

“I never thought I’d see the day when I would be able to make Hector my husband,” he says, selecting a huge yellow headdress from a selection of sequins and feathers in a fancy dress shop. “I just want it to be like a carnival, the most enormous celebration of our love, our marriage and the years we have spent fighting for this day to even happen.”

Five months ago Argentina became the first country in Latin America, and one of only a handful of nations in the world, to legalise same-sex marriage. Since then the country has seen hundreds of gay couples saying “I do” and the birth of a booming new economy catering for the increasingly lucrative gay wedding market. For many people, business has never been better.

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