18 Gays and Lesbians Bring Legal Fight for Gay Marriage to Baja California Jean Paul Zapata - Gay Star News
go to original August 11, 2014

A group of 18 gay and lesbian Mexicans are stepping up the fight for gay marriage in Baja California Sur, bordered by the northern state of Baja California.

According to BCS Noticias, the group last week submitted an appeal to the Judicial Power of the Federation (PJF) urging Congress and the governor Marcos Covarrubias Villaseñor to change articles 330 and 150 of the Baja California civil code to allow same-sex marriages in the state.

Article 330 states cohabitation will only be recognized between a single man and a single woman, while article 150 states matrimony is only the legal union between a man and a woman for the sole purpose of creating a family and the perpetuation of the species.

Nolzuly Almodóvar Garcia, the lawyer for the group, said there are many more same-sex couples who want marriage equality, but they fear public shaming or being fired from their jobs should they speak out.

‘None of that is necessary,’ he said.

‘We want the government to modify these clauses so we can all have the same rights, regardless of your gender, so that every citizen can freely choose who they want to marry.

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