City of Mexico sees its first gay civil unions

When two men middle-aged tied the knot on March 16, became the first gay couple legally recognized in the city of Mexico, the capital of the world's largest Catholic country.
When Mexican gays unite

Journalist Antonio Medina, 38 and economist George Cerpa, 31, registered the homosexual partnership shortly before new city allowing homosexual civil unions law entered into force, according to the Associated Press.

Mexicans joined in front of buildings of the Government, kisses under a banner which read "Civil Union law: their right to choose" while a band played "Kelvin Mucho".

"With this law, a history of exclusion comes to an end," Medina said that the new "today, the love that before not dare said his name has now entered in the public spotlight."

Last November, the city of Mexico passed a Bill to allow gays and lesbians to form an Association for the protection of property, pensions and the rights of herencia.Pero leaves below the granting of all legal statues and rights of marriage.

Activists have promoted civil unions gay for 7 years before the municipal Assembly recognized legal statues homosexual couples, reported BBC.

It is simply fantastic,"said Julio Roman, an activist for gay rights in the city of Mexico."It is more symbolic. is the result of years of struggle for our basic rights".

Long road ahead

But not all are contentos.Los officials of the Church and Christians apparently took to the streets to express their objections.

"Is simply not the will of God that acts of homosexuality," Armando Martinez Gomez, President of the Association of Catholic lawyers told BBC News.

"" We are not against homosexuals,"noted."But we believe in a Union between a man and a woman for the creation of the children.

Church officials have also called new "Hitleria" policy and politics of the city without faith, told Reuters.

City of Mexico is not the first to take more liberal attitudes towards gay people in America the Argentina Latina.Capital Buenos Aires, North of the Mexican State of Coahuila and Brazil South of the State of Rio Grande do Sul all have legalized same-sex unions.

But the public continues to be intolerant of legal rights in Mexico, where around 90 per cent of its 107 million inhabitants are Catholic propagandists homosexual couples.

Only 28% of adults support laws that grant a homosexual couple legal statues and some benefits and rights, according to a survey conducted by Parametría.

In 2005, every two days in Latin America a gay man was murdered due to their sexuality, reported Belgium NGO-based International Association of Lesbian and gays.

Countries as Brazil and Mexico have the highest levels of hate crimes because homosexuals are converted to an easy when coming from the closet, White said the Economist.

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