Same-sex marriages to be recognized by all Mexican states

There have been significant achievements for LGBT
people in Mexico throughout the past year. On Aug. 5, the Mexican Supreme Court
upheld the constitutionality of Mexico City’s same-sex marriage law by an 8-2
margin. Mexico City had legalized same-sex marriages in December of last year,
and the law became effective in March 2010. The Attorney General’s office
immediately brought a challenge to the law at the urging of the Catholic Church
and the National Action Party.

On Aug. 10, the court ruled by a 9-2 margin that all
of Mexico’s 31 states must recognize same-sex marriages performed in Mexico
City. According to Arturo Pueblita Fernández, a constitutional law professor at
the Ibero-American University in Mexico City, spousal rights would apply to
same-sex couples in all of Mexico, including alimony, inheritance and
federal social security coverage for spouses.

Then, on Aug. 16, the court ruled by the same margin
to uphold a provision of the marriage law that extends adoption rights to gay
and lesbian couples.

 

 

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