Mexican Supreme Court says states have no right to sue against homosexual ‘marriage’
MEXICO CITY , January 25, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - The Mexican Supreme Court ruled this week in a 7-4 vote that the states of Jalisco and Baja California do not have a legitimate legal interest in their suit challenging Mexico City ’s homosexual “marriage” law , which also allows same-sex couples to adopt children. The two states sued on the grounds that the Mexico City law, by way of the Constitution’s “full faith and credit” clause, requires them to accept homosexual marriages and adoptions within their own jurisdictions, despite the fact that the states do not recognize homosexual “marriage.” Mexico's Supreme Court Six out of 11 justices signed a decision yesterday claiming that the states have no basis for suits against the law because they are not required to change their own laws. However, Luna Ramos, one of four judges who dissented from the majority decision, observed that the Supreme Court’s previous decision requires other states to accept laws that run contrary ...