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thatcrazycajunThose of you living in the US of A, like me, will be well aware of the recent victories for equality under the law toward same-gender couples in this country...not to mention the setbacks that have also occurred recently, as heartbreaking as the victories were sweet. Six states now sanction marriage licenses for gay and lesbian couples, along with the District of Columbia...and now the roster of states and countries (most of the latter in Europe) is joined by another forward-thinking, justice-friendly city: the capital of our neighbor to the south, Mexico.
Yes, I wrote Mexico. The largest nation of above-the-equator Latin America, with one of the largest and oldest Roman Catholic populations in the world, has seen its capital, Mexico City, legalize same-sex marriages and adoptions as of yesterday. The full story is here. Needless to say, neither the Vatican nor its Mexican representatives are the least little bit happy about this move by the city's legislative assembly, which voted 39-20 and 31-24 to stop conducting government-sanctioned discrimination on the basis of sexuality. A previous law granting civil unions having been rightly seen as "separate and unequal," activists worked like the dickens to persuade lawmakers to see it the same way. Buenos Aires' similar law is currently tied up in a court challenge by conservatives, allowing Mexico to beat Argentina to the punch as the first Latino nation to do this.
Whether the very large and vocal religious community in Mexico (and their pastors and bishops) will allow this to stand or likewise head for court to stop it yet remains to be seen. But for now at least, it's one heckuva gigundo Christmas present to the millions of Mexican couples previously disallowed from becoming parents or married couples. And it gives conservatives here in el Norte one more reason to be pissed at Mexico besides illegal immigrants and trespassing truckers.
Yes, I wrote Mexico. The largest nation of above-the-equator Latin America, with one of the largest and oldest Roman Catholic populations in the world, has seen its capital, Mexico City, legalize same-sex marriages and adoptions as of yesterday. The full story is here. Needless to say, neither the Vatican nor its Mexican representatives are the least little bit happy about this move by the city's legislative assembly, which voted 39-20 and 31-24 to stop conducting government-sanctioned discrimination on the basis of sexuality. A previous law granting civil unions having been rightly seen as "separate and unequal," activists worked like the dickens to persuade lawmakers to see it the same way. Buenos Aires' similar law is currently tied up in a court challenge by conservatives, allowing Mexico to beat Argentina to the punch as the first Latino nation to do this.
Whether the very large and vocal religious community in Mexico (and their pastors and bishops) will allow this to stand or likewise head for court to stop it yet remains to be seen. But for now at least, it's one heckuva gigundo Christmas present to the millions of Mexican couples previously disallowed from becoming parents or married couples. And it gives conservatives here in el Norte one more reason to be pissed at Mexico besides illegal immigrants and trespassing truckers.
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Date: 2009-12-23 02:29 pm (UTC)In Canada, the province with the highest percentage of Roman Catholics also has stats like the highest percentage of people living together without marriage and many others that suggest they are also the best at ignoring Catholic doctrine.