Posted on 09/11/2016 7:58:52 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Thousands of opponents of same-sex marriage, including Tijuana’s new Roman Catholic archbishop, gathered for a rally in the city Saturday to protest Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto’s proposed constitutional reform favoring the right of couples to marry regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation.
The morning march to City Hall was one of dozens of such protests across Mexico that took place Saturday, drawing a combined hundreds of thousands of citizens. The demonstrations come on the heels of a series of legal victories scored by proponents of same-sex marriage in states across Mexico.
Same-sex marriage is legal in Mexico City and nine of the country’s 31 states. The Mexican Supreme Court last year ruled that state bans on same-sex marriage are unconstitutional, but that decision doesn’t automatically invalidate each state’s prohibition. Amid pending legal challenges to the remaining 22 bans, same-sex couples can marry by getting a personalized injunction from a federal judge.
In Tijuana, participants in Saturday’s peaceful protest chanted “Viva la familia natural” — “long live the natural family” — as they walked in an unbroken stream that stretched for several blocks along Paseo de los Heroes through the city’s Río Zone. They were of all ages and came from all corners of the city, many of them members of Catholic parishes or evangelical Christian congregations.
“Marriage is between a man and woman for the purpose of procreation,” said Ariadna León, 39, a Catholic and mother of two from Ampliacion Guaycura in eastern Tijuana. “We are asking for the respect of the nucleus of society, which is the family.”
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
They should have their kids try it both ways and then decide. Sounds fair.
“Deplorable”.
How do homosexuals who are a tiny fraction of the population gain so much power to be able to dictate to the other 99%?
I wish we had the right to defend our values in this country.
I saw a nice sidewalk chalk graffito today:
“Straight Liberation Movement”
Liberal constituencies at each others’ throats again. Love it.
Who’s better, libs? Mexicans or fags?
When lefty victim groups collide
Who knew mexicans were so racist?
If I self-identify as a goat...
well, my real question is: do I have to wear a burka?
Homosexuality is much more prevalent in central/south america than in the US/Canada.
You should make that your new tagline.
Ole !!!!!!!!!
They play on the sympathies of weak minded people.
In before the picture of a donkey in Tijuana.
“How do homosexuals who are a tiny fraction of the population gain so much power to be able to dictate to the other 99%?”
The Marxists, whose core goal is to tear down Judaeo-Christian civilization, gradually and intentionally for five decades at least infiltrated the professions that mold public opinion: education, law, psychology, sociology, journalism, library science, political science. That’s how it happened. There are precious few left in those professions to object to the distortion of those professions. If they do, they are ostracized as “intolerant relics,” fired. If a younger person with traditional values applies, he almost never gets the job.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.