Conservative Party Looks to Challenge Mexico City Civil Union Law
Mexico’s National Action Party is considering challenging the civil union law approved by Mexico City’s assembly on November 9th that grants gay couples and unmarried straight couples living in Mexico City rights similar to those of married couples.
What legal challenge have they found so far?
Mexico’s Constitution covers the rights of spouses, children and the family, and states that “men and women are equal before the law. This will protect the organization and development of the family.”
[City assemblyman Miguel Angel Errasti of the National Action Party] argues the law is unconstitutional because the article mentions only men and women in relation to marriage.
Yea, their search is going THAT well.
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When I was in Mexico City right before this was approved, it was basically a non-event for the public at large.