Supreme Court Judge Urges All Mexican States to Legalize Gay Marriage Max De Haldevang - SWI
go to original July 2, 2015

Mexico Supreme Court Judge Olga Sanchez (Pintrest)

Now that Mexico's top court has given the green light to gay marriage, a host of states should bring their laws into line, a Supreme Court justice said.

The court ruled in a decision published on June 19 that laws restricting marriage to a man and a woman were unconstitutional.

The decision, based on five separate rulings, means gay couples may marry by court injunction in states which have not legalized same-sex unions. Until state legislatures change their statutes, however, the couples must still petition courts case by case.

For states to persist in this makes little sense, Supreme Court Judge Olga Sanchez said in an interview on Tuesday.

"What's the point in having invalid norms? You should just change your legislation," Sanchez said.

In all but two of Mexico's 31 states, gay marriage is still banned under local laws.

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