Tens of thousands take to street in Mexican cities to protest gay ‘marriage’ decision
Tens of thousands took to the streets of major Mexican cities under the slogan “Mexico is One for the Children,” to ask the government to respect state constitutions that define marriage as the union of one man and one woman, after a recent Supreme Court ruling legalized same-sex unions throughout the country.
“We are not against any person, we are against this
Supreme Court imposition,” said Sofia Miranda, one of the organizers, in an
open letter to media who were criticizing the cause. This, she continued,
“opens the door to gender ideology and will destabilize our society and damage
our children. This is what we don’t want.”
Marchers were also asking their parental rights be
recognized, as Congress is seeking to pass a national law which will “guarantee
the access to contraceptive methods” without parental consent to all
girls. The law also states all children have a “right to intimacy,” they
should not be discriminated against on the basis of their “sexual preference”
and that the state will provide “education and services in regards to sexual
and reproductive health” to all children.
“We are asking for the right to educate our own
children,” said Adriana Ojeda, head of the movement Si Es Mi Hijo Yo Lo
Educo (If it’s my child I will educate him/her), in an interview with
LifeSiteNews. “Mexico has signed several international treaties which guarantee
us this right. The [new] law is violating them.”
The state of Sinaloa, from which Ojeda is native,
is one of the seven states that still haven’t approved the law. These states
are asking for modifications in some of the articles to “explicitly ensure our
rights as parents,” said Ojeda.
The marches took place on July 25th in
the cities of Mexico City, Monterrey, Guadalajara, Culiacán, Los Mochis,
Aguascalientes, Ciudad Juárez, among others. Guadalajara reunited the most
participants. Organizers reported over 80,000 attendants, while some media said
only 3,000 supporters gathered.
According to Excelsior, Gabriela
Dominguez from the Guadalajara march said: “They are undermining the rights we
have as family. I want the opportunity to raise my children according to my
beliefs and to what I want for them in the future.”
Several other cities will march for the same cause
on August 15.
