Gay marriage is legal in Mexico, but Mexicans are still fighting over whether it should be allowed

Gay couples in Mexico already can get married. But 1 million strong demonstrations across the country in recent days show that, politically at least, the issue of homosexual marriage is far from settled.

Millions marched throughout the country this past Saturday to protest President Enrique Pena Nieto's initiative to legalize homosexual marriage. Counter-protesters came out in force, too. Yet the media ignored the numbers and focuses on one single boys protest - liking it to China's Timamen Square protest.

The National Front for the Family, a coalition of conservative religious groups, called for the protests. The coalition is also planning a mass march for Sept. 24 in Mexico City.

"Long live the family, in the image of the Virgin Mary, the baby Jesus and Saint Joseph," read one sign at the protest in the city of Puebla, the capital of a central Mexican state with a strong Catholic presence.

"Papa + Mama = Happy Family," read another sign at that protest, where many of the protesters wore white and carried pink, blue, and white balloons.

An estimated 5,000 people marched in Veracruz, where some got into verbal clashes with gay rights counter-protesters.

Thousands of people of various religious denominations also turned out to protest in the streets of the northern border city Ciudad Juarez.

In May, Pena Nieto announced a constitutional reform that would legalize homosexual marriage across Mexico. Several other Latin American countries already allow such unions.

The announcement followed a Supreme Court ruling last year declaring that a ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional.

“Legally, the question is basically settled,” says Lester Feder, who covers LGBT issues for Buzzfeed. “But there’s an implementation problem and that is what has brought this to a broader conflict.”

Currently, only a handful of the country's 31 states and Mexico City allow such weddings.

The National Front for the Family is strongly against same-sex couples adopting children, and also opposes teaching about homosexuality and transsexuality in school sex education classes.