HISTORIC: Mexico City's same-gender marriages must be recognized throughout the country

[Bluebear]

Mexico, more progressive than the US on equality:

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Another great ruling from the Supreme Court of Mexico. Same-sex marriage performed Mexico City are valid -- and must be treated the same as hetero marriages -- everywhere in the country:

Mexico's supreme court has ruled that same-sex marriages in Mexico City must be recognised throughout the country.

The ruling does not mean other states have to allow gay weddings on their territory.

Two of the court's 11 judges voted against the measure, arguing that it would damage the harmony of the federal system.

Last week the supreme court ruled that the law allowing gay marriages in the capital was constitutional.

The court will now consider the legality of allowing adoption by gay couples.

This would be akin to our Supreme Court saying marriages performed in Massachusetts or Iowa must be recognized everywhere in the United States.

http://gay.americablog.com/2010/08/mexico-citys-marriage-must-be.html

[Starry Messenger]

1. k & r

Al and I have seriously considered moving to Mexico at times. Hmm, tempted again...

[maryf]

2. me too!!

K&R too!!

[Starry Messenger]

3. I know right!

It's so gorgeous. The last trip we went on I didn't want to come back here. It was close. :D

[maryf]

5. I've never been...

just love all I've seen...and I collect ceramic birds made there...
(is this all non sequiter? or what!)

[Starry Messenger]

7. We're keeping the thread kicked.

If get a chance, go. You'd love Oaxaca. I want to go back and see the Frida Khalo house. Let's see, marriage equality, cheap health care, amazing art. Oh, if I wasn't starting back to school next week...

[maryf]

8. Next week??

Yuck back to school already!

I was Frida for Halloween a couple years ago...

Oh, and the food... and Guadalupe!! and the marriage equality! Kick! OLE!!

[QC]

4. Don't they know that God is in the mix? n/t

[david13]

6. That may have been the ruling. But no, Mexican society is not

more progressive or open. To the contrary, there is a very strong social hatred and dislike of gays, etc., in all the latin american countries. It is akin to a deep seated inequality in gender, and bias and prejudice from the catholicism.
dc

[maryf]

9. do you have stats on that??

nt

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

18. I live in Brazil.

It's on par with the US.

Sorry to burst your bubble of superiority.

No, wait, I lie. I'm not sorry at all.

[david13]

25. Well lets see some statistics from Brazil. Yeah, this sounds real

progressive. It is from 2008. But you call this superior? I don't.
dc
http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2009/04/23/10916

[nadinbrzezinski]

20. That is true for some sectors of Mexican Society

yes I grew up down there.

And yes there is racism and all that, but legally... and institutionally forwards looking

Hate to bust that bubble.

[david13]

26. I don't know what bubble you think you're busting, but others don't seem to

agree with you. There is a problem in Mexico. And quite probably it's a problem thru' out the entire world to some extent.
dc

[nadinbrzezinski]

30. Ok I talk from experience

I have treated patients who are gay in Mexico.

I have also family who is gay in Mexico City.

And in some places they do face the same kind of problems gay people face here. But in others, like law... they have made incredible advances.

So what is YOUR experience?

Institutionally I'd have agreed with you 20-25 years ago... these days... not so much.

[FreeState]

21. So true unfortunately

I have several gay friends from Mexico that are afraid for their lives (and for good reason I might add). HIV still has a stigma that rivals that of the US in the 80's.

[leftstreet]

22. This is a class issue. Wealthy gay experience differs from impoverished

Issues of class are continually being muddied and obscured, it's very depressing.

[Luminous Animal]

10. Kick and hurray for Mexico!

Next to Barcelona, Mexico City is my favorite city.

[FreeState]

11. Drop your weapons and give up America, your surrounded! N/T

[Starry Messenger]

12. lol!

Nicely played. :thumbsup:

[FreeState]

13. Wish it was original to me...

But I read it somewhere else first:)

[Starry Messenger]

14. First time I've heard it!

I love it, I got a very great mental picture. :D

[Jamastiene]

27. We're EVERYWHERE now.

Muahhahhaaaa. :evilgrin:

[David Zephyr]

15. So, my gay union is "illegal" in America, but "legal" in Mexico.

How poetic. I'm more "legal" in Mexico than here in the U.S.

What a rightwing rot we've become here.

[Bluebear]

16. Si, mi hermano.

[nadinbrzezinski]

19. And under a RIGHT WING administration no less

[PBS Poll-435]

17. The method to end the madness that is marriage inequality

Coming here next, hopefully.

[leftstreet]

23. K&R

[ConsAreLiars]

24. Hmm.some member of the Jackass Brigade unrecced this between the time

I decided to read, rec and kick and when I did. Wonder who they think they serve. Do they know? Or are they insane?

[VMI Dem]

28. Are you shitting me?

Our country just sucks. Simple as that.

[nadinbrzezinski]

I was there during the debate to make weddings legal

some of the arguments were exactly the same as our conservative RIGHT WING makes here... they still lost.

Mexico has made giant strides in some respects, while in others (release the army for example in the war on drugs)... they have taken giant steps backwards... let's just say some aspects of human rights are enough to make you cry.

[Jamastiene]

29. Note to self: Step up efforts to learn Spanish.

I tried to sign up in community college, but I was the only one. They canceled the class. Must learn Spanish and work on French.

:kick: and Rec, of course.

[EFerrari]

31. K&R

All the really good news is coming from GLBT issues for a change. :party: