Mexico Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage: Marriage Not for
‘Procreation’
by Dr. Susan Berry 23 Jun 2015
The Supreme Court of Mexico ruled
on Friday that the definition of marriage as the union of a man and a woman is
discriminatory and unconstitutional.
According to the Catholic Herald,
in its decision, the court stated that “procreation” was not a purpose for marriage,
and, therefore, the restriction of marriage to heterosexual couples
discriminated against same-sex couples:
Since the purpose of marriage is not procreation, there is
not a justified reason that the matrimonial union be heterosexual, nor that it
is stated as “between a man and a woman.” Such a statement proves
discriminatory, based on the sexual orientation of the person.
The exclusion of couples of the same sex from the
institution of marriage perpetuates the notion that couples of the same sex are
less deserving of recognition than heterosexual (couples), offending with it
their dignity as persons and integrity.
The court’s decision legalizes same-sex marriage in all of
the 31 states of Mexico – which is over 80 percent Catholic – adding the country to
the growing list of Latin American nations that permit it. Since current civil
codes will remain temporarily, same-sex couples wishing to marry can obtain
injunctions against laws holding up traditional marriage.
The Mexican Catholic bishops’ conference has disagreed with
the court’s decision, stating that the family is founded on the marriage
between a man and a woman who can procreate and, therefore, guarantee “the
survival of society.”
In 2009, Mexico City legalized same-sex marriage at around the same time it decriminalized
abortion and euthanasia, despite significant objection from the archdiocese of
Mexico City, which also opposed the adoption of children by same-sex couples.
According to The New York
Times, Msgr. Eugenio Lira Rugarcía, secretary general
of the Mexican bishops’ conference, issued a statement responding that those in
the church “reiterate our conviction, based on scientific,
anthropological, philosophical, social and religious reasons, that the family,
cell of society, is founded on the marriage of a man and a woman.”
He added that the Church’s view is “stated in the millennia
of Western legal tradition, collected and deepened throughout our history by
legislators and judges from very different schools of thought and ideologies.”
The Herald reports that, since 2010, attorneys for
same-sex couples have worked seeking individual injunctions against laws
defining marriage as between a man and a woman, and have won most of these
cases.
Similarly, the Times
indicates, “The shift in Mexico, the second-largest country in Latin America
after Brazil, is the product of a legal strategy that advocates used to bypass
state legislatures, which have shown little inclination, and often hostility,
to legalizing gay
marriage.”
Same-Sex Marriage
Clifford S.
Asness supported Same-Sex Marriage
in New York, a leadership council member for the Robin Hood Foundation, and is a director at the International Rescue Committee.
Note: Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Robin Hood Foundation, the International
Rescue Committee, Demos, the Center for American Progress, the Human Rights Watch, and the Brookings Institution (think tank).
George Soros
was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, a supporter
for the Center for American Progress,
a benefactor for the Human Rights Watch,
is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations, and a board member for the International Crisis Group.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the American Constitution Society, the Center for American Progress, the Human Rights Watch, and the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank).
Demos
was a funder for the National Education
Association.
John
I. Wilson was an executive director for the National Education Association, and is a director at the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network.
Maria Echaveste
was a trustee at Demos, a board of
adviser’s member for the American Constitution
Society, is a senior fellow at the Center
for American Progress, and the U.S. ambassador nominee for Mexico.
Ernesto
Zedillo was the president of Mexico,
and a board member for the International
Crisis Group.
Leslie
H. Gelb was a board member for the International
Crisis Group, and a reporter, columnist & op-ed page editor for the New York Times.
John J.
Studzinski is a director at the Human
Rights Watch, a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), a papal knighthood knight, and was a co-head of investment banking
for HSBC Holdings plc.
papal knighthood
is an honor conferred by pope from the Roman
Catholic Church.
K.
Rupert Murdoch is a papal knighthood
knight, and the chairman of News Corp.
John
L. Thornton was a director at News
Corp., is a director at HSBC
Holdings plc, the chairman for HSBC
North America Holdings Inc., and a co-chairman for the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Carlos
Pascual was the VP for the Brookings
Institution (think tank), and the U.S. ambassador for Mexico.
Cyrus F.
Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
R.
Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP.
Newton
N. Minow is a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack
Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin
LLP.
Michelle
Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin
LLP, and an advocate for the ONE
Campaign.
ONE
Campaign is a partner with the International Rescue Committee.
Clifford S.
Asness is a director at the International
Rescue Committee, a leadership council member for the Robin Hood Foundation, and supported Same-Sex Marriage in New York.
Daniel
S. Loeb supported Same-Sex Marriage
in New York, and a trustee at the Third
Way.
William
M. Daley is a trustee at the Third
Way, a member of the Commercial Club
of Chicago, and was the chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration.
Commercial Club of
Chicago, Members Directory A-Z (Past Research)
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
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