Mexican State to Allow Same-Sex Marriage
- At June 15, 2015
- By danmclellan
- In Gay Rights, News, Politics
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César Duarte Jáquez, Governor of Chihuahua, Mexico announced on Thursday his administration would no longer prohibit same-sex couples from getting married. 
According to the Mexican press, Jáquez’s announcement will take effect immediately. Marriage licenses are reportedly already being issued in Chihuahua. Chihuahua is the latest Mexican state to OK same-sex marriage. Per the Washington Blade, “Chihuahua joins the states of Coahuila and Quintana Roo and Mexico City in which same-sex couples can legally marry. Gays and lesbians in the states of Oaxaca, Guanajuato, Querétaro, Baja California Norte and Tamaulipas have exchanged vows.”
In addition to allowing same-sex marriage legal, the Chihuahua government is expected to compensate 31 couples who were barred from getting married and took legal action against the state.
Mark Banuelos Anderson
My partner and I have lived in Tijuana for 10 years now as legal domestic partners. We were
planning on getting married in Guadalajara this
September, now I want to stay in Baja Norte (where all of our friends live including San Diego ) so that we can invite them without the
great expense of time and money to be part of our union!