Mexico City, Mexico, Feb 2, 2010 / 22:53 pm
In an editorial published yesterday, the news agency for the Archdiocese of Mexico City emphasized that the decision by the country’s attorney general to challenge the legalization of same-sex “marriage” does not constitute discrimination. The paper added that homosexuals cannot “bestow rights upon themselves,” such as adoption because it violates the rights of children.
The editorial expressed full support for the attorney general’s arguments in his challenge to the Mexico City law allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt children. The attorney general will appeal the law to the Supreme Court, arguing that it violates Mexico's constitution on two levels.
First, the norm on civil unions enacted in 2006 in Mexico City is a departure from the constitutional protection of the family established in 1974. Also, the editorial continued, children have the right to be part of the family as it is understood in the Mexican constitution.
The attorney general is on target with his arguments, the editorial stated, as there is no discrimination against same-sex couples entering into civil unions Such individuals cannot bestow rights upon themselves that violate the rights of children.