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	BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (UPI) -- The Argentine Supreme Court
overwhelmingly voted Monday to deny homosexuals the right to form a
legally-registered association, writing in the decision that
homosexuality was against nature.
	In a 7-2 vote, the highest Argentine court wrote that ``the defense
of homosexuality injures nature and the dignity of the human person.''
	The ruling added that ``the consitutional protection of freedom of
expression finds a limit in the neccesity and duty to preserve the
public moral inherent in the common good.''
	The decision by the court, packed with nominees of President Carlos
Menem, came just one week after Menem had spoken in favor of granting
legal status for gays during a visit to the United States.
	Menem had said, ``I already gave instructions to my collaborators.
Legal status (for gays) is a neccesity for the country, as this
community (homosexuals) feels descriminated against.''
	``We cannot stop something that the other more advanced countries
already have from coming to Argentina,'' Menem went on to say.
	The decision Monday by the court, five of the members of which were
chosen by Menem, will mean that the Argentine Homosexual Community will
not be able to have legal status and will not be able to defend itself
as a group in court.
	The ruling upheld a similar decision in August of 1990 by the former
Justice Inspector General Alberto Gonzalez Arzac, head of the office
that grants legal status to associations and organizations.
	Gonzalez Arzac wrote in his decision that homosexuals ``are a third-
rate degenerate hybrid'' that goes against the morals of the Catholic
Church and the principles of the national being. That opinion was later
upheld by the national appelate court, and Monday by the Supreme Court.
	Rafael Freda, head of the Argentine Homosexual Community, told the
Mitre radio station, ``the blow this has dealt to the advance of
democracy and tolerance in Argentina is severe.