They approved marriage equality in Jalisco with 26 votes in favor and 8 against

The Legislative Power of Jalisco, in the 39th extraordinary session of April 6, 2022, approved with 26 votes in favor, 8 against and 3 abstentions the majority necessary for this, equal marriage within the state.

Minutes before, a recess was taken, then a change to Article 258 was returned to the hall to vote, which obtained a total of 30 votes in favor, 5 against and two abstentions.

The parliamentary amendment to Decree 3.7 of the Order established that Article 258 should read as follows: Marriage is an institution of a public nature and social interest, through which two people decide freely to realize the community of life, to seek their personal fulfillment and the foundation of a family with respect, mutual assistance and equal rights and obligations.

The opinion states that both persons need to be at least 18 years of age in order to enter into marriage in accordance with article 45 of the General Law on Children and Adolescents.

In addition, it includes in Article 267 Bis that both persons shall prove to the Civil Registry Officer, that they have received the premarital course which shall not be less than two hours, the content of which will be on the rights and obligations that are contracted with the bond of marriage.

This, he adds, should contain a section on gender equality and equity, as well as on the prevention, detection, care, punishment and eradication of family and gender-based violence.

In addition, the legislature of Jalisco prohibited conversion therapies and thus the imposition of a fine on those who force them to take them, with a total of 36 votes in favor, 1 against and zero abstentions.

The deputies voted to ensure that in Mexico “proper investigation of conversion therapies, as well as threats and corrective violations, or “correction” efforts against lesbian, bisexual and transgender women; impose appropriate penalties on those responsible and implement reparation measures for victims of such crimes”.

Prior to the vote, Deputy Mara Nadiezhda Robles Villaseñor of the Hagamos Jalisco party, spoke minutes before giving a speech to her colleagues:

And he concluded:

“I think marriage is said to open the door to the erosion of the family, traditions and strange ideas that have been labeled as gender ideology.”

Congressman Edgar Enrique Velázquez González also agreed to the tribune of the same party, who said that “what happens at this moment is that conservative groups have run out of flags. We liberals are sure that we will win.”

Finally, the deputy María Dolores López Jara assured that it was devastating for her to see in her colleagues faces of terror in the face of hate messages, calls, groups threatening freedom, and she assured that they will not be subjects that divide them in parliament.

“That is not the love I know, nor the one I want to know. Hate speech definitely doesn't belong to the good people of Jalisco,” said the member of the Citizen Movement.

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