The gay marriage court case (not that one, this one)
5 August 2010
By a vote of 8-2, the SCJN (the MEXICAN Supreme Court) recognized the validity of the Federal District’s same-gender marriage law. As a result, unlike in the United States, a same gender marriage in one jurisdiction (the Federal District) is a valid marriage in the entire Republic.
Mexico’s constitution forbids discrimination based on, among many other factors, what it calls “preferencias” (Art. 4) — all that the Supremes needed to consider when upholding the Federal District marriage code. The right of adoption by same-gender couples, which is included in a separate article in the Federal District code is also being challenged by the Federal Government, and will be ruled on next Monday.
Someday, for many in Mexico, is today…
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