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发帖数: 19713 | 1 Mexican Court Uses American Legal Precedent for Marriage Equality
BY MICHELLE GARCIA FEBRUARY 19 2013 5:44 PM ET
After Mexico's supreme court ruled that the state of Oaxaca's ban on
marriage rights for same-sex couples was unconstitutional in December, the
court has now released its official ruling, which cites American legal
precedent.
Minister Arturo Zaldívar Lelo de Larrea wrote on behalf of the court, which
ruled unanimously, using the American legal cases Loving v. Virginia and
Brown v. Board of Education to argue for equality, according to Buzzfeed.
"It can be said that the [other] models for recognition of same-sex couples,
even if the only difference with marriage be the name given to both types
of institutions, are inherently discriminatory because the constitute a
regime of 'separate but equal,'" Zaldívar wrote. "Like racial segregation,
founded on the unacceptable idea of white supremacy, the exclusion of
homosexual couples from marriage also is based on prejudice that
historically has existed against homosexuals. Their exclusion from the
institution of marriage perpetuates the notion that same-sex couples are
less worthy of recognition than heterosexuals, offending their dignity as
people."
The court ordered the state of Oaxaca to recognize the marriages of three
same-sex couples who are legally married elsewhere, who filed suit. Attorney
Alex Ali Mendez Diaz represented the three couples, and told the Washington
Blade that citing precedent from other countries only occurs when "there is
no previous rulings on the subject...These rulings are the first at the
national level that supports the topics in the way in which we had planned."
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear challenges against current marriage laws
this spring. | X*******H
发帖数: 720 | 2 老莫居然用美国的precedent。。。。。真不可想象 | m******1
发帖数: 19713 | 3 Mexican Court Uses American Legal Precedent for Marriage Equality
BY MICHELLE GARCIA FEBRUARY 19 2013 5:44 PM ET
After Mexico's supreme court ruled that the state of Oaxaca's ban on
marriage rights for same-sex couples was unconstitutional in December, the
court has now released its official ruling, which cites American legal
precedent.
Minister Arturo Zaldívar Lelo de Larrea wrote on behalf of the court, which
ruled unanimously, using the American legal cases Loving v. Virginia and
Brown v. Board of Education to argue for equality, according to Buzzfeed.
"It can be said that the [other] models for recognition of same-sex couples,
even if the only difference with marriage be the name given to both types
of institutions, are inherently discriminatory because the constitute a
regime of 'separate but equal,'" Zaldívar wrote. "Like racial segregation,
founded on the unacceptable idea of white supremacy, the exclusion of
homosexual couples from marriage also is based on prejudice that
historically has existed against homosexuals. Their exclusion from the
institution of marriage perpetuates the notion that same-sex couples are
less worthy of recognition than heterosexuals, offending their dignity as
people."
The court ordered the state of Oaxaca to recognize the marriages of three
same-sex couples who are legally married elsewhere, who filed suit. Attorney
Alex Ali Mendez Diaz represented the three couples, and told the Washington
Blade that citing precedent from other countries only occurs when "there is
no previous rulings on the subject...These rulings are the first at the
national level that supports the topics in the way in which we had planned."
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear challenges against current marriage laws
this spring. | X*******H
发帖数: 720 | 4 老莫居然用美国的precedent。。。。。真不可想象 |
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