Male Couple Told They're 'Insane,' Can't Wed in Baja California, Mexico

.vice.com ^ | January 16, 2015 | 7:05 pm | Joey Muñoz

[dennisw]

The couple thought that they finally had everything lined up: Their paperwork for a marriage license, their attendance to mandatory counseling, and — just to be safe — an order from Mexico's Supreme Court to honor their request to complete the first same-sex union in the state of Baja California.

But on January 11, in their fourth attempt at marriage since June 2013 in Mexicali, Baja's desert capital, Victor Manuel Aguirre and Victor Fernando Urias were met with closed doors and once more couldn't get married.

Instead, religious conservatives picketed the municipal registrar offices (along with alleged non-interested parties meant to boost the protesters' numbers) when the two men, known as "Los Victors," arrived with hopes of tying the knot.

Supporters cried foul, and accused the city of obstructing a June 2014 Supreme Court decision in favor of the couple's right to wed in the state. On Friday, a lawyer representing the couple said they would seek to file charges against Mexicali mayor Jaime Diaz Ochoa.

"[The mayor] is the only person that has the authority to shut down city hall," lawyer Jose Luis Marquez told VICE News. "By doing this, he's making it clear that he has been involved in impeding this wedding."

[Mastador1]

I’m sorry, I see you wrote something but it just makes no sense.

[sport]

Well, they are insane. And mentally ill to boot.

[EDINVA]

If Mexicali doesn’t do it they can go to, oh, I don’t know, Riyadh?

Maybe it’s changed in the past 30+ years but I remember flying back from Cabo, first having to stop in Mexicali, then Calexico, two neighboring towns on either side of the border. The stark difference still is stuck in my mind.

[dennisw]

It would be great if a county marriage registrar here (USA) yelled out to such homo couples, “You are insane now GTFO!!!”. This would be refreshing