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Feds seek to overturn Mexico City gay marriage law

admin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:02:59 +0000

By MARK STEVENSON

The Associated Press

Federal attorney general seeking to overturn Mexico City gay marriage, adoption law

Mexican federal prosecutors announced Wednesday that they will try to overturn Mexico City’s gay marriage law, which allows same-sex couples to adopt children, on the grounds it violates the constitution.

The Mexico City law, approved in December and due to take effect in March, is the first of its kind in Latin America.

The federal Attorney General’s Office said in a statement that it believes the law “violates the principle of legality, because it strays from the constitutional principle of protecting the family.”

It cited an article in Mexico’s constitution that suggests — but does not state — that the framers envisioned families constituted by men, women and children. The article states: “Men and women are equal before the law. This protects the organization and development of the family.”

The office said it filed an appeal with the country’s Supreme Court asking it to void the law, arguing it also “strays from the responsibility of the government to place a priority on safeguarding the interests of children.”

We do: Mexico city approves gay marriage

admin — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:46:37 +0000

"Wonderful"...Gay couples celebrate in Mexico City. Photo: Reuters

MEXICO CITY: The capital of Mexico has become the first municipality in Latin America to approve gay marriage.

The change will give homosexual couples in Mexico City more rights, including allowing them to adopt children.

Turning aside opposition from the Catholic Church, the city legislature approved the measure, 39 votes to 20. As the bill was passed, supporters yelled: ”Yes, we could! Yes, we could!”

The Mayor, Marcelo Ebrard, must sign the bill for it to become law. He is expected to do so.

”This is wonderful,” the gay-rights activist Judith Vasquez said from the legislature floor. ”[Gay] couples have effectively been together for years, decades, centuries. But now it is our right.”

Uruguay was the first Latin American country to recognise same-sex unions. But the Mexico City initiative rewrites law to redefine ”marriage” as a ”free union between two people”.

D.C. Gay Marriage Bill Expected To Pass Council Vote

admin — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:29:11 +0000

by Allison Keyes

Councilman David Catania speaks to the media before introducing the same-sex marriage bill at a D.C. Council meeting in October.

Gay rights advocates are declaring a cautious victory in the nation’s capital this week.

A bill legalizing same-sex marriage in Washington, D.C., is expected to pass a City Council vote on Tuesday.

David Catania, the openly gay councilman who drafted the bill, says he has been waiting for this day for a long time.

“After a year of planning and working and strategizing and organizing and cajoling and discussing it, I can finally see that the end is in sight,” Catania says.

The mayor has already committed to signing the bill, but opponents are vowing not to give up the fight against it. And because laws in the District of Columbia are subject to congressional review, even if the bill passes on Tuesday, it won’t be too late for opponents to lobby for it to be overturned.

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