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Mexico judge urges states to legalize gay marriage after court ruling
Source: Reuters
Mexico judge urges states to legalize gay marriage after court ruling
Reuters
Wednesday 1 July 2015 22.31 BST
Now that Mexico’s top court has given the green light to gay marriage, a host of states should bring their laws into line, a supreme court justice said.
The court ruled in a decision published on 19 June that laws restricting marriage to a man and a woman were unconstitutional.
The decision, based on five separate rulings, means gay couples may marry by court injunction in states which have not legalized same-sex unions. Until state legislatures change their statutes, however, the couples must still petition courts case by case.
For states to persist in this makes little sense, supreme court judge Olga Sanchez said in an interview on Tuesday.
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Reuters
Wednesday 1 July 2015 22.31 BST
Now that Mexico’s top court has given the green light to gay marriage, a host of states should bring their laws into line, a supreme court justice said.
The court ruled in a decision published on 19 June that laws restricting marriage to a man and a woman were unconstitutional.
The decision, based on five separate rulings, means gay couples may marry by court injunction in states which have not legalized same-sex unions. Until state legislatures change their statutes, however, the couples must still petition courts case by case.
For states to persist in this makes little sense, supreme court judge Olga Sanchez said in an interview on Tuesday.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/01/mexico-judge-urges-states-legalize-gay-marriage
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