Tamaulipas, Mexico’s border state, has become the last of the country’s 32 states to approve same-sex marriages.
Mexico’s states of Sonora and Sinaloa recently decided to legalise same-sex marriage, a long-awaited step forward in a country infamous for gender-based violence.
Tamaulipas revised the state’s Civil Code on Wednesday, becoming the country’s last state to do so, sparking cheers of “Yes, we can! ” from advocates of the change. The amendment to the state’s Civil Code was approved with 23 votes in favor, 12 against, and two abstentions.
Enrique Torre Molina, an activist, correctly stated, “It is a historic day not only for the LGBTQIA+ community but for Mexico as well; today our families and we are more visible, equal, and have more justice.”
Among all 32 states, Mexico City was the first to recognize and legalize same-sex marriage in 2009.
Arturo Zaldivar, president of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, applauded the vote.
The Supreme Court ruled in 2015 that state laws prohibiting same-sex marriage were unconstitutional, but it took many years to implement the verdict.
Nancy Ruz Martnez, a National Action Party deputy, proposed the motion to the state legislature and expressed that its acceptance abolished one kind of prejudice against LGBTQIA+ people.
Historical Indications
The general belief, endorsed by anthropological thought, that the concept of marriage can only imply a union between a man and a woman has no historical precedent. Marriage was not always purely heterosexual, according to historical records and artifacts.
The Netherlands became the first state to ratify same-sex marriage in December 2000, when the Dutch parliament enacted a landmark bill legalizing the practice by a three-to-one majority. Same-sex couples have the legal right to marry, divorce, and adopt children. The Act amended a single sentence in the existing civil marriage statute to read, “A marriage can be performed by two people of opposite or the same sex.”
The Mexican Supreme Court pronounced a judgment in 2015 that made it somewhat easier for homosexuals and lesbians to tie the knot. The ruling provided same-sex couples the opportunity to apply for injunctive relief against state laws prohibiting gay marriage; while it did not officially establish same-sex partnerships across the country, it was a substantial step in that direction.
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