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Gay unions catching on in northern Mexico?
The new gay civil union law is under attack in Coahuila, even as legislators in neighboring Chihuahua are considering a similar law.
The conservative National Action Party is taking its objection to the Mexican supreme court, arguing that the law approved in Coahuila last month is unconstitutional. At the same time, northern Mexico continues to be the unlikely vanguard of gay rights in the Americas, as legislators from the Revolutionary Democratic Party in Chihuahua introduced a gay union bill this week.
Meanwhile, Karla Lopez and Karina Almaguer say they have been overwhelmed by the reaction since they became the first gay couple to sign a civil union in Coahuila on Jan. 31. The Matamoros couple apparently had no idea they were the first civil union in the country and are beyond bothered by all the press attention.
“They won’t leave us in peace; they won’t let us eat or sleep,” an annoyed Lopez told the Mexico City daily El Universal.
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