Mexico City, Mexico, Aug 17, 2010 / 07:50 am
Bishop Felipe Arizmendi from San Cristobal, in southern Mexico, recently criticized the Mexican Supreme Court's decision to allow adoptions by same-sex couples. He noted that the court likely “acted according to the letter of the law, but certainly not according to justice.”
The court's Monday ruling was the third and final decision on gay couples and their right to “marriage.” First, the court upheld Mexico City's same-sex "marriage" law, then it ruled that same-sex couples “married” in Mexico City are validly married in all 31 states, even if those states do not legalize same-sex “marriage” themselves.
On Monday, the 11 justices voted 9-2 against challenges presented by federal prosecutors who had argued that the law fails to protect adoptive children against possible negative effects or discrimination, and does not guarantee their rights to a traditional family.
Justices voting with the majority argued that once same-sex marriages were approved, it would be "discriminatory" to consider homosexual couples "less capable of parental duties" than heterosexual couples.