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Same-sex couples can marry throughout Mexico

Sun. October 30, 2022

With the addition of Tamaulipas, gay and lesbian couples can now marry throughout Mexico.

Lawmakers in the northeastern border state on Wednesday voted to recognize same-sex marriage, making it legal throughout Mexico, Reuters reported.



Three additional states have approved the statute in the past month.

LGBTQ activists cheered the news.

"Today is a historic day for the LGBTQ community and for Mexico," said Enrique Torre Molina. "Today we and our families are more visible, more equal, and we are a country with more justice."

In 2015, Mexico's Supreme Court struck down state laws that define marriage as a heterosexual union. However, states in Mexico were not bound by the high court's decision, which led to a patchwork of laws.

The nation's first same-sex marriage law was approved in 2010 by lawmakers in Mexico City.

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