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Gay Marriage Arriving in Mexico City

Gay rights battle raging across Latin America

By Jane Yager,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 3, 2010 5:20 AM CST
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(Newser) – The same-sex Mexican wedding will be born tomorrow as a new law puts Mexico City on the front lines of the gay marriage battle raging across Latin America. But even as gay couples line up to tie the knot, the Catholic Church and President Felipe Calderon's conservative party are gearing up to fight the law, the Washington Post reports.

Same-sex unions are legal in Colombia, Uruguay, Brazil, and Ecuador, as well as Argentina, where two gay men wed in December, but Mexico City is the first place south of the border to formally allow gay marriage. A local cardinal blasted the law as "perverse" and Calderon said it violates the Mexican constitution, which "speaks explicitly of marriage between a man and a woman," but advocates note there has been no popular backlash against gay marriage in the city.

Gay rights activists Nadia Rosso, 23, left, and Denisse Temin, 27, kiss activist Selene Flores, 23 as they celebrate legalization of same-sex marriage at Mexico City's local assembly, Dec. 21, 2009.
Gay rights activists Nadia Rosso, 23, left, and Denisse Temin, 27, kiss activist Selene Flores, 23 as they celebrate legalization of same-sex marriage at Mexico City's local assembly, Dec. 21, 2009.   (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)
Gay rights activists Ruben Duran, 23, left, and Saul Aparicio, 27, hold hands as they celebrate the legalization of same-sex marriage at Mexico City's local assembly, Monday, Dec. 21, 2009.
Gay rights activists Ruben Duran, 23, left, and Saul Aparicio, 27, hold hands as they celebrate the legalization of same-sex marriage at Mexico City's local assembly, Monday, Dec. 21, 2009.   (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)
Gay rights activists celebrate the legalization of same-sex marriage, at Mexico City's local assembly, Monday, Dec. 21, 2009.
Gay rights activists celebrate the legalization of same-sex marriage, at Mexico City's local assembly, Monday, Dec. 21, 2009.   (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)
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Snarfeh
Mar 3, 2010 7:31 PM CST
It's coming, it's coming, it's coming, all the world over, it's coming! Haters can't stop it! We may sometimes take 2 steps forward and 1 step back, but it's coming! That's all there is to it, haters! It's coming and you can't stop it! It's a tsunami of gay love!! =o)
Miss.Katsuragi
Mar 3, 2010 2:35 PM CST
Ironically the catholic church, at least here in Mexico, don't mind to offer a service such as a baptism or a wedding for cartel members, and of course accepting their money and denying same thing to gay couples and single mothers. And we also had father Maciel who abused of children and had a family with a woman in secret, when he died, his children asked for money...
Cat-Lover
Mar 3, 2010 12:48 PM CST
Of course the Catholic Church opposes gay marriage: Priests are supposed to be celibate so they can't marry; and if they can't turn their gay relationships into marriage, no one can!

 
gay rights • Latin America • gay marriage • Catholic Church • Mexico City • Mexico • Felipe Calderon • Felipe Calderón • same-sex marriage

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