By Brody Levesque (Washington DC) Dec 21 | The Associated Press is reporting that lawmakers today in the 'Distrito Federal de Ciudad de México,' (Mexico City) have passed a measure granting LGBT people the right to be married. The final vote was 39-20 to legalize same-sex marriage with five lawmakers absent. This law calls for changing the definition of marriage in the city's civic code: Marriage is currently defined as the union of a man and a woman. The new definition will be "the free uniting of two people." The City's Mayor Marcelo Ebrard who has openly supported the initiative is expected to sign the decision into law. The Mayor had stated prior to today's vote that;
“The precedent has already been set with the Cohabitation Societies Law, and I don’t see why we should not approve other projects headed in the same direction”, he said.
He believes that this type of initiatives seek “that people may exercise their sexuality and their partner choices freely. That’s the objective.”
Mayor Marcelo Ebrard Photo By The Associated Press Marcelo Ebrard has faced-off with conservatives over several issues since his term as mayor began. He did so first through the approval of cohabitation legislation for straight and gay couples, then with the legalization of abortion, and most recently with the publishing and distributing of a modern sex-ed book for all secondary school students in the city.
Every time he has faced staunch resistance from the right-wing and conservative elements of Mexican society, including the federal government, but so far he has never backed down.
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