Lawmakers Reject President's Bid to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage Nationwide Peter Orsi - The Associated Press
go to original November 10, 2016

In May, Mexico's President proposed legalizing same-sex marriage (Newsy)

A committee in Mexico's lower house of congress on Wednesday rejected a proposal by President Enrique Peña Nieto for legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.

Peña Nieto's proposal for same-sex marriage sparked massive demonstrations by both opponents and supporters.

The measure on enshrining same-sex couples' right to wed in the constitution was defeated 19-8, with one abstention, in the Commission on Constitutional Matters.

Commission chairman Edgar Castillo Martinez said the vote means the matter is "totally and definitively concluded," according to a summary published online by the Chamber of Deputies.

Mexico's Supreme Court ruled last year that it was unconstitutional for states to bar same-sex marriage. But the decision did not have the effect of overturning or rewriting any laws on the books, meaning individual couples still have to sue in each case for the right to wed.

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