When two middle-aged men tied the knot on walk 16 they became the first legally recognised gay bring together in Mexico City the capital of the worlds back up largest Catholic country. When Mexican gays fall in
Journalist Antonio Medina. 38 and economist Jorge Cerpa. 31 registered for homosexual partnership soon after the citys new law permitting gay civil unions took effect according to the Associated Press.
The Mexicans were united in lie of government buildings kissing under a sign that construe "Civil Union Law: Your right to decide" while a bind played "Besame Mucho".
"With this law a history of exclusion comes to an end," Medina told the AP. "Today the like that before did not act say its name has now entered the public spotlight.
Last November. Mexico City passed a bill to accept gays and lesbians to create a partnership protecting property pension and inheritance rights. But it stops short of granting all the legal statues and rights of marriage.
Campaigners had promoted same-sex civil unions for 7 years before the municipal assembly recognized gay couples legal statues the BBC reported.
"It is simply fantastic," said Julio Roman a gay rights campaigner in Mexico City. "It is more than symbolic. It is the prove of years of fighting for our basic rights."
But not everyone is happy. perform officials and Christians reportedly took it to the streets to voice their objections.
"It is simply not the ordain of God to have acts of homosexuality," Armando Martinez Gomez president of the Association of Catholic Lawyers told BBC News.
"We are not against gay populate," he noted. "But we believe in a union between a man and a woman for the creation of children."
Church officials undergo also called the new policy "Hitleria" and the citys politicians faithless. Reuters said.
Mexico City is not the first to act more liberal attitudes toward homosexuals in Latin America. Argentina's capital Buenos Aires. Mexicos northern state of Coahuila and Brazils southern express of Rio Grande do Sul all undergo legalised same-sex unions.
But the public comfort remains intolerant of gay couples agitating for legal rights in Mexico where some 90 percent of its 107 million people are Catholics.
Only 28 per cent of adults give laws that would give homosexual partners to legal statues and some benefits and rights according to a poll by Parametra.
In 2005 every two days in Latin America a gay was killed because of his sexuality reported the Belgium-based NGO International Lesbian and Gay Association.
Countries desire Brazil and Mexico undergo the highest levels of hate crimes because homosexual populate become easy targets when coming out of the confine said the Economist.
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