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For first time, gay couple “marries” in Coahuila
A lesbian couple from Matamoros became the first Mexicans to legalize their union under Coahuila’s new civil union law Wednesday.
Karla Lopez and Karina Almaguer held the ceremony in a Saltillo hotel. PRI legislator Julieta Lopez, who introduced the bill amid much controversy, was one of the witnesses.
Coahuila’s law allows gay couples to formalize their union before a registro civil, a Mexican justice of the peace, and is aimed at protecting assets accumulated by the couple. It also confers retirement and social security benefits.
The couple traveled to Saltillo, Coahuila’s capital, from neighboring Tamaulipas state after learning about the law on the Internet. Officials in Coahuila said the border state could see an influx of same-sex couples from across the country looking to legalize their relationships.
(Karla Lopez, center, and Karina Almaguer, right. photo from El Diario de Coahuila)
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By DonPato
February 1, 2007 9:47 PM | Link to this
Looks as if Mexico has bypassed the USA on equil rights for its citizens.
DonPato http://www.GayMexico.net
By James
February 2, 2007 6:20 AM | Link to this
Very good for them! It’s hard to believe that a traditionally Catholic country like Mexico allows this while the nominally secular US doesn’t. (Mexico D.F. also has civil partnerships as well as other locations in Latin America!)