Supreme Court Legalizes Gay Marriage in Sixth Jurisdiction, Jalisco State Andrew Potts - Gay Star News
go to original January 27, 2016

Mexican Supreme Court Justice Olga Sanchez Cordero has warned the remaining Mexican states that do not allow same-sex marriage to lift their game or risk the court's intervention. (Angelica Martinez)

Gays and lesbian can now marry in six of the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico with the Mexican Supreme Court ruling unanimously that denying them the right to marry in the state of Jalisco is unconstitutional.

With the ruling it seems likely that the Supreme Court will now side in favor of gays and lesbians if any Mexican state’s ban on same-sex marriage is brought before it going forward, opening a path to marriage equality throughout Mexico.

Same-sex marriage was already legal in Mexico City, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nayarit and Quintana Roo and all Mexican states must already recognize the legality of same-sex marriages performed in those states whether or not their state performs same-sex marriages yet because of a prior Supreme Court ruling.

The Mexican Supreme Court found that Article 260 of Jalisco’s state Civil Code ‘was unconstitutional because it undermined the self-determination of the people and against the right to free development of the personality of each individual.’

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