La Jornada. The change will enable same-sex couples to adopt, apply for bank loans, inherit wealth and be included in the insurance policies of their spouse — rights they were denied under the civil unions allowed in the city. World News. This provision was changed in The injunction required IMSS to extend benefits equal to married heterosexual couples' benefits to gays and lesbians who are married or have entered into civil unions throughout Mexico.
Main article: Same-sex marriage in Guerrero. The last marriage licenses were handed out in Benton County at 4 p. By state Mexico City. The new law, which was passed inreplaced a law permitting civil unions. Res 56 Hodges in which the Supreme Court of the United States struck down all state bans on same-sex marriage, stating that "races don't fall in The legalization of gay marriages in Mexico City has given, genders don't fall in love—people fall in love".
On 20 Decemberthe National Human Rights Commission submitted a general recommendation to all state executive and legislative bodies, requesting them to allow same-sex marriages in their jurisdictions.
When a same-sex couple is denied the right to marry, they can file an amparo with a court to request that they be allowed to legally marry. She predicted that the law would be passed within the next legislative session, [] though no bill has passed as of May Imagenzac in Spanish.
Retrieved 15 June The new law in England and Wales, which was a priority for British Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader David Cameron, allowed gay and lesbian couples to marry beginning March 29, The Argentinian capital, Buenos Aires, became the first Latin American city to legalise same-sex civil unions for gay and lesbian couples in In July , as one of their last actions before leaving office, PAN submitted a proposal to Congress to explicitly ban same-sex marriage in the state Constitution.