http://www.machamexico.com/2009/12/21/mexico-city-legalizes-same-sex-marriage/ Go, Macha! Go! Tue, 07 Jun 2011 19:25:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 http://www.machamexico.com/2009/12/21/mexico-city-legalizes-same-sex-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-997 March in Defense of Gay Marriage in Mexico City – Macha Mexico: A Lesbian Guide to Mexico City Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:21:20 +0000 http://www.machamexico.com/?p=1399#comment-997 [...] After same-sex marriage was legalized last December 21st, conservatives in Mexico City didn’t wait much to protest and take action against this legal decision. Mariana Gómez del Campo from the conservative Partido de Acción Nacional is the leader of a campaign against same-sex marriage who argues, first, that Mexican constitution states that marriage should be between a man and a woman. Second, Gómez del Campo and her followers argue that adoption by same-sex couples is against the rights of children. Having total support from President Felipe Calderón, Gómez del Campo has been promoting her cause through the press. Also, in order to prove how right she is about how a family should be, she conducted a survey to ask if Mexican people agree or not with same-sex marriage. The survey proved to be tricky sooner rather than later, but sadly enough it also proved to be a tool to promote negative opinions regarding GLBT families within Mexican society. [...] [...] After same-sex marriage was legalized last December 21st, conservatives in Mexico City didn’t wait much to protest and take action against this legal decision. Mariana Gómez del Campo from the conservative Partido de Acción Nacional is the leader of a campaign against same-sex marriage who argues, first, that Mexican constitution states that marriage should be between a man and a woman. Second, Gómez del Campo and her followers argue that adoption by same-sex couples is against the rights of children. Having total support from President Felipe Calderón, Gómez del Campo has been promoting her cause through the press. Also, in order to prove how right she is about how a family should be, she conducted a survey to ask if Mexican people agree or not with same-sex marriage. The survey proved to be tricky sooner rather than later, but sadly enough it also proved to be a tool to promote negative opinions regarding GLBT families within Mexican society. [...]

]]> http://www.machamexico.com/2009/12/21/mexico-city-legalizes-same-sex-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-940 An open letter from Jesusa Rodríguez and Lilina Felipe – Macha Mexico: A Lesbian Guide to Mexico City Sun, 03 Jan 2010 03:54:54 +0000 http://www.machamexico.com/?p=1399#comment-940 [...] Rodríguez and Felipe, after the good news of gay marriage in DF, wrote an open letter to La Jornada that Macha Mexico considers important to translate [...] [...] Rodríguez and Felipe, after the good news of gay marriage in DF, wrote an open letter to La Jornada that Macha Mexico considers important to translate [...]

]]> http://www.machamexico.com/2009/12/21/mexico-city-legalizes-same-sex-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-935 Homophobic ranting on Televisa morning show – Macha Mexico: A Lesbian Guide to Mexico City Wed, 30 Dec 2009 07:00:38 +0000 http://www.machamexico.com/?p=1399#comment-935 [...] you want to see an ugly reminder that not everyone is happy about the Mexico City assembly’s decision to legalist gay marriage, head over to Blabbeando, where Andrés reports about Televisa host Esteban Arce using his morning [...] [...] you want to see an ugly reminder that not everyone is happy about the Mexico City assembly’s decision to legalist gay marriage, head over to Blabbeando, where Andrés reports about Televisa host Esteban Arce using his morning [...]

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