Posted on 08/06/2010 7:14:40 AM PDT by markomalley
Mexico City, Mexico, Aug 5, 2010 / 05:56 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Despite heavy opposition from various organizations defending traditional marriage, Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled Thursday that same-sex “marriage” in the country's capital city is constitutional.
According to the Associated Press, the court's justices acknowledged that while the constitution protects the family, it does not define what a "family" is.
The 8-2 vote went against an appeal by Mexico's attorney general challenging the constitutionality of the city's law allowing gay “marriage.” The law went into effect on March 4 of this year.
Next Monday the court will debate whether the law applies to the rest of the country and whether it includes the right to adoption.
What a surprise.
Yawn ...
Hey, just think of all the gay gringo tourist dollars they can get.
If only they could defeat the drug cartel taliban.
"People under the age of 18 may not get married in Mexico without parental consent. With parental consent, boys have to be at least 16 and girls need to be at least 14 years of age."
These courts are sick, sick, sick. Wasn’t that what Sodom and Gomorrah was all about?
same sex marriage, polygamy etc
Those who want to life deviant lifestyles can move down to Mexico...
theres plenty of room...
half the Mexican population live here north of the border...
That's what the California law was in the 1960s.
wonder what Catholics think about this?
Great! Let the migration begin. Stay gay in Mexico.
In this case, the sickos were the members of the city council (or whatever it’s called) in Mexico City who voted for a law legalizing same-sex “marriage.” The Mexican Supreme Court justices merely ruled that Mexico’s constitution does not prohibit a federal district (Mexico City is like Washington, DC, only with full voting rights) from allowing same-sex marriage. I have no idea how Mexico’s constitution reads, but unless it has been recently amended in order to provide expressly that marriage is between one man and one woman I doubt very much that it would have any restrictions on states or districts amending marriage laws.
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