Woman Gets Completely Naked on Argentina’s Dancing with the Stars

By Brian Moylan

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When Nancy Grace slipped a nipple on Dancing with the Stars, it caused a huge uproar. Now imagine if Nancy Grace ripped off her top, exposed her breasts, humped her partner, took off her G-string, and appeared completely naked. Oh, and Nancy Grace was a gorgeous model. That's what happened Sunday on Argentina's version of Dancing with the Stars.

If you're an American you're used to most network television being squeaky clean, but this is Argentina so this is only safe for work if you work at a Nevada brothel.

I'm not entirely sure why Cinthia Fernandez ended up naked on Bailando por un Sueño, but here she is, completely nude. She starts the dance off in a racy outfit with her toga-clad partner. It's some sort of Roman orgy scene, but with only two people. What follows is less of a dance and more of a mutual strip tease, where Frenandez and her partner pull off each others clothes revealing skimpier and skimpier outfits while they writhe and contort around the stage. By the time she is grinding in his lap while he pours wine over her naked body it's something that even Nomi Malone in Showgirls would find over the top. She's only wearing a G-string and he's in his Speedo and just when you thought it couldn't get any crazier, he whips off her panties and she is standing there, on national television, completely naked. It's something to behold!

Most of the info about her and the show is in Spanish, but from what little I can discern from Google Translate, this seems to be causing a bit of controversy. Also, Fernandez' parents were in the audience, which, wow! This isn't the first time the former Big Brother contestant has gotten naked in public so maybe they're used to it.

The best part is that this doesn't seem to be that out of the ordinary for the show which has aired numbers that were straight up porn in the past. If I remember correctly, the concept for the show is different from ours where a regular person gets to dance with a star. If that's true, that makes Fernandez' partner the luckiest schmo in the whole damn world.

The last time we visited the show, while the camera work did focus much more on the woman's crotch and there was more blatant sexual contact, there wasn't actual nudity. Let's leave it to Fernandez, our new personal hero, for pushing the envelope on a show that regularly is steamier than Red Shoe Diaries. We really need to find a way to get this show on satellite TV or something. It's so unfair that we get Nancy Grace's nasty nipple and they get all of this!

Argentina Passes Gay Marriage Bill

By Advocate.com Editors

In a debate that lasted well into the early hours of Thursday morning, Argentina's senate voted 33-27 to make theirs the first country in South America to legalize same-sex marriage.

Gay rights activists had predicted a close vote. According to reports, debate in Buenos Aires lasted until 4 a.m.

The subject of marriage has been a hot-button issue in Argentina for the past several months. In December, José Maria Di Bello and Alex Freyre became the country's first legally married same-sex couple because of a legal loophole.

Freedom to Marry's Evan Wolfson issued the following statement early Tuesday morning: "Today's historic vote shows how far Catholic Argentina has come — from dictatorship to true democratic values — and how far the freedom-to-marry movement has come as 12 countries on four continents now embrace marriage equality. Argentina's vote for the freedom to marry marks an important advance for fairness and family values as more couples around the world will now share in marriage, with families helped and no one hurt. Today's vote adds momentum to the international movement to secure the freedom to marry for all loving and committed couples.

"Key to Argentina's human rights achievement was strong leadership from legislators and the president. It is time we see more of our own elected officials standing up for the Constitution and all families here in the United States. America should lead, not lag, when it comes to treating everyone equally under the law."

Argentina rules on marijuana use

The court said adults were free to make lifestyle decisions

The supreme court in Argentina has ruled that it is unconstitutional to punish people for using marijuana for personal consumption.

The decision follows a case of five young men who were arrested with a few marijuana cigarettes in their pockets.

But the court said use must not harm others and made it clear it did not advocate a complete decriminalisation.

Correspondents say there is a growing momentum in Latin America towards decriminalising drugs for personal use.

The Argentine court ruled that: "Each adult is free to make lifestyle decisions without the intervention of the state."

Supreme Court President Ricardo Lorenzetti said private behaviour was legal, "as long as it doesn't constitute clear danger".

"The state cannot establish morality," he said.

The initiative has been supported by the government - Congress is expected to introduce amendments to the current drug laws.

But the court said it was not advocating a complete decriminalisation of the drug - a move possibly aimed at deflecting criticism from the Church and conservatives, says the BBC's Candace Piette in Buenos Aires.

The eight-page statement also called for a comprehensive policy against illegal drug trafficking.

Health fears

The move has been criticised by some campaign groups who say it will encourage damaging behaviour and lead to health problems.

"There will be an increase in the drug trade and the people that fall into addiction will not, unfortunately, access treatment," Claudio Izaguirre, director of the Argentine Anti-drugs Association told Reuters.

"My country doesn't have the necessary health coverage for what will happen," he said.

Argentina's move follows rulings by several other countries across the region, including Venezuela, Ecuador and Colombia.

Last week, Mexico enacted a law decriminalising possession of small amounts of drugs, including cocaine and heroin - the country is in the midst of a drugs turf war which has claimed more than 11,000 lives in the last three years.

The aim of such moves is to enable police to focus their efforts on the big criminals in the drugs trade rather than dealing with petty cases, says our correspondent.

But it also marks a shift a dramatic regional shift to the decades-old US-backed policy of running repressive military-style wars on the drug trade, she adds.