Lawmakers in the border state of Tamaulipas voted last week to legalize same-sex marriages, becoming the last of Mexico’s 32 states to authorize such unions, reports NBC News.
The measure to amend the state’s Civil Code passed with 23 votes in favor, 12 against and two abstentions, setting off cheers of “Yes, we can!” from supporters of the change.
The president of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, Arturo Zaldívar, welcomed the vote. “The whole country shines with a huge rainbow. Live the dignity and rights of all people. Love is love,” he said on Twitter.
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