From Reuters:
“Conservative
Mexican state of Puebla legalizes same-sex marriage”
Same-sex unions
performed in Mexican states
Dark Blue = Same-sex
marriages performed.* Stripes: Proportion of municipal coverage.
Light Blue
= Civil unions performed; marriage by amparo only.
Green = Marriage not performed (except by amparo)
despite Supreme Court order.
Purple = Marriage
accessible by amparo or by traveling out of state.
The Congress of
the Mexican state of Puebla voted to legalize same-sex marriages by an
overwhelming majority on Tuesday, marking a step forward for LGBT rights in the
predominantly Roman Catholic Latin American country. Long one of the more
conservative regions in Mexico, Puebla joins the majority of Mexico’s 32 states
in recognizing same-sex marriages despite opposition from the Church and some
traditionalist groups. The push for marriage equality and LGBT rights has grown
in Mexico over the last two decades, with discrimination on the basis of sexual
orientation outlawed since 2003. Still, advocates have also warned of rising
violence against LGBT people in Mexico this year, especially transgender women.
Long governed
by conservative administrations, Puebla is now in the hands of President Andres
Manuel Lopez Obrador’s leftist National Regeneration Movement (MORENA). While
Lopez Obrador himself is careful not to alienate socially conservative voters,
many in the left-wing base of his party are staunch supporters of socially
liberal causes.
^ This step
moves Mexico closer and closer to giving full civil rights to gay people. I
hope other states turn Dark Blue (see map above.) ^
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