Victory: Mexicali Finally Allows First Same-Sex Marriage in Baja California NDTV
go to original January 18, 2015

1st same-sex marriage in the Mexican state of Baja California (rexwockner)

MEXICALI - The first marriage between homosexuals was held on Saturday in a city on the border with California, after officials ended an 18-month fight that led to a Mexican Supreme Court order to permit the wedding, a lawyer for the couple said.

Attorney Jose Luis Marquez Saavedra had filed a complaint on Friday against Mexicali officials after authorities again blocked the marriage despite the high court ruling. The lawyer said the city let Victor Fernando Urias Amparo and Victor Manuel Aguirre Espinoza wed on Saturday and he expressed satisfaction that their rights had been upheld.

Urias also said he was satisfied the marriage had been allowed to go forward, telling local reporters that the case showed that "when people work together, this works."

Mexican federal courts have issued rulings sympathetic to same-sex marriage, but for the most part that has not translated into legalization at the local level.

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