Mexico's Supreme Court Upholds Gay Marriage Law
Mexico's Supreme
Court Upholds Gay Marriage Law
BY ON TOP MAGAZINE STAFF
Mexico's Supreme Court has upheld Mexico City's gay marriage law,
the AP reported.
Justices ruled 8-2 Thursday that the law approved by lawmakers
in December is constitutional.
The law went into effect in March. It gives gay and lesbian couples
all the rights and responsibilities of marriage, including the right
to adopt children. Previously, the city government recognized
gay couples with civil unions, but gay adoption was banned.
The court must still rule on the constitutionality of the law's
adoption provision, which will be considered on Monday.
Calling the law detrimental to children, the federal Attorney
General's Office had challenged the law.
The federal government is controlled by the conservative
PAN Party. Mexico City lawmakers approved the law over
the objections of local PAN leaders and the Roman
Catholic Church.
Mexico's Roman Catholic archbishop, Cardinal Noberto
Rivera Carrera, called the law “immoral” and “reprehensible.”
Mexico City was the first autonomous government to
legalize gay marriage in Latin America and several
countries in the region have followed its lead.
a gay marriage law.Peru will debate a bill that recognizes
gay and lesbian couples with civil unions.
Officials in Mexico City announced earlier this week
that 320 gay couples have married since the law's enactment
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