Colima State Lawmaker Wants Ban on Public Same-Sex Nuptials
Andrew Potts - Gay Star News
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September 4, 2013
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A state legislator has been rebuked by his own party after he called for a ban on same-sex couples holding public nuptials to formalize their relationships.

Rafael Mendoza has been called to retract his comments by his own Democratic Revolution Party after he said society was not ready for same-sex weddings to be held in public.

‘Parents are coming to me, to my house, to tell me they are against the city carrying out these weddings in public,’ Mendoza said according to the Associated Press.

‘I am not against these civil unions; the only thing is I don't want them in public.’

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