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Digital Desk: Tamaulipas, a border state, became the 32nd state in Mexico to permit same-sex marriages after lawmakers voted Wednesday night, AP reported.
The proposal to alter the state's Civil Code was accepted with 23 votes in favour, 12 votes against, and 2 abstentions, triggering shouts from those who favoured the reform.
Legislators eventually moved to another chamber to finish their debate and vote, while supporters and opponents of the measure screamed and shouted from the balcony throughout the session.
The president of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, Arturo Zaldvar, praised the decision. The entire nation is illuminated by a massive rainbow. He wrote on Twitter, "Love is love."
The day before, legislators in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero passed legislation allowing same-sex unions.
Although the Supreme Court ruled in 2015 that state laws against same-sex marriage were unconstitutional, certain states took some time to implement the decision.
It happens in the same month that the Act was enacted by three additional states, a long-awaited sign of progress in a country with a history of horrific gender-based violence.
In Mexico, femicide—the killing of women and girls because of their gender—is on the rise, which has led to numerous protests. Ten women are typically killed every day, and tens of thousands of women are still unaccounted for.
According to the global LGBT rights tracker Equaldex, same-sex marriage is still illegal or not recognized in Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, Venezuela, much of Central America, and parts of the Caribbean.
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