Same-sex marriage in Chiapas

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Legal status of same-sex unions
Marriage
Performed
Recognized
  1. When performed in Mexican states that have legalized same-sex marriage
  2. When performed in the Netherlands proper
  3. Marriages performed in some municipalities and recognized by the state

* Not yet in effect
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Same-sex marriage will soon become legal in the Mexican state of Chiapas. On 24 May 2016, a bill to legalise same-sex marriage in the state passed the Congress of Chiapas with 33 votes in favour and 7 abstentions.[1]

History

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State recognition of same-sex relationships in Mexico.
  Marriage at the state level
  Other type of partnership, with at least one court order supporting marriage as well
  5+ court orders supporting marriage, requiring legalization by the state government
  1–4 court orders supporting individual marriage
  No court orders, but marriage performed in other states recognized under federal law (applies to all states

Various LGBT activist groups delivered documents to the executive and legislative branches of government and the State Board of Human Rights on 15 February 2012 recommending amendments to the marriage laws of Chiapas to comply with federal anti-discrimination provisions.[2] On 29 November 2013, Diego Cadenas Gordillo, acting as a human rights activist, sent a bill to legalize same-sex marriage and reform the Civil Code and Civil Procedure for the state.[3][4] The proposal was rejected on 13 December 2013, citing that "popular initiatives" must be supported by 1.5% of the electorate, or 50,500 voters.[5] On 3 January 2014[6] an injunction was filed before a federal judge because of the refusal of Congress to act on the initiative.[7] The judge denied the injunction against the Civil Code and an appeal was filed in the Twentieth Circuit Court.[6] In November 2014, the activist and lawyer Diego Cadenas Gordillo filed a request for formal intervention by the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (IACHR), claiming that the state legislature, the governor, nor the State Commission of Human Rights had responded to the discriminatory laws banning same-sex marriage in Chiapas.[8]

After clashes between the mayor of Chilo, Chiapas and religious groups in January 2014,[9] activists filed a complaint with the National Commission on Prevention of Discrimination (Conapred).[10] On 27 March 2014, the Hon Alejandra Ruiz Soriano, the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) filed an initiative to amend 19 articles of the Civil Code and 15 articles of the Code of Civil Procedure, to incorporate the concept of marriage as "the free union of two people for the community of life, where both respect, equality and mutual aid are sought." In addition, it also standardized the concept of cohabitation, disregarding a person's sexual preference.[11]

On 25 September 2014, a collective injunction for the legalization of same-sex marriage was filed.[12] On 3 March 2015, 51 couples won the right to marry as the state's Civil Code was deemed unconstitutional[13] by the SCJN. On 26 March 2015, a document sent from the Chiapan Congress was publicised and denounced the ruling and asked for a review stating in their brief that same-sex marriage was unnatural while making comparisons of homosexual relationships to incest.[14] The Chairman of the Board of Congress later denied the filing of the review stressing that only he has the power to make the request and insisting that he never signed any document regarding the issue.[15] However, on 16 April 2015 the media revealed that the state's Judicial Council website received the request on 23 March 2015 and had already assigned a number to the case.[16]

In December 2015, a lesbian couple was able to marry in the capital city of Chiapas, Tuxtla Gutiérrez.[17][18] Another 51 same-sex couples are currently waiting for their injunction to be granted.[17] On 6 April 2016, an action of unconstitutionality was filed before the Mexican Supreme Court.[19][20]

A new same-sex marriage bill was presented to Chiapan Congress on 24 May 2016. The bill was approved on 24 May 2016 by the Chiapan Congress in a 33-0 vote, with 7 abstentions.[21] The law will come into effect once it is promulgated and published in the official state gazette.

Political party Members Yes No Abstain Absent
Ecologist Green Party 15 15
Institutional Revolutionary Party 10 10
18px United Chiapas Party 4 4
18px Chiapas Movement Party 3 3
National Regeneration Movement 3 3
National Action Party 2 2
Party of the Democratic Revolution 2 2
Total 39 39

See also

References

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