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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | November 2006 
Mexican Capital Could be First in Allowing Same-Sex Unions
 AFP
| | Mexico City is set to become the first place in Mexico to allow same-sex civil unions, over strong objections from the Roman Catholic Church and conservative groups, when the municipal council takes up a measure Thursday. (AFP/Philippe Desmazes) |
Mexico City is set to become the first place in Mexico to allow same-sex civil unions, over strong objections from the Roman Catholic Church and conservative groups, when the municipal council takes up a measure Thursday.
"It's practically certain the bill will pass. We've got 41 sure votes (in the 66-seat council), and Mexico City Mayor Alejandro Encinas has already publicly come out in favor" of the measure he will sign into law, council president Daniel Salazar told AFP.
Titled "Cohabitation in Society," the measure would allow two people of the same sex to enjoy the same legal rights and benefits allowed married couples excluding the adoption of children.
It would only apply within the municipal bounds of Mexico City, which would become the first territory in Mexico to give legal protection to homosexual unions.
Similar measures are being considered by the states of Coahuila, in the south, and Colima, in the north.
The cohabitation measure is strongly opposed by municipal council members of President Vicente Fox's ruling National Action Party, as well as by representatives of the church and most conservative groups in the country.
The bill would also extend legal protection to unmarried people who share a home and financial arrangements, including siblings or cousins, said socialist council member Enrique Perez Correa, who sponsored the measure. |
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