15-11-23 Same sex couples marry in group ceremony in Mexico City
Channel: CLIP 4 NEWS
Date: 2015-11-23

Headline: 
Same-sex couples marry in group ceremony in Mexico City


Published (UTC): 
2015-11-23 15:10:40

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02:01
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More than 50 same-sex couples are married in a group ceremony in Mexico City to mark the capital's designation as a "gay-friendly" city.

SHOWS: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (NOVEMBER 22, 2015) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL)

1. BANNER READING: COLLECTIVE WEDDING LGBTTTI

2. VARIOUS OF MEXICO CITY OFFICIAL MANUEL GRANADOS PRESIDING OVER WEDDING CEREMONY

3. CARLOS OROPEZA READING WEDDING VOWS TO HIS PARTNER, ROBERTO ZUNIGA

4. CARLOS AND ROBERTO EMBRACING

5. GUESTS AND COUPLES APPLAUDING

6. COUPLE KISSING WITH CHAMPAGNE GLASSES

7. MEXICO CITY MAYOR, MIGUEL ANGEL MANCERA, HANDING COUPLES THEIR MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES

8. COUPLE POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHER

9. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) COUPLE GETTING MARRIED, OMAR BENITEZ AND HIPOLITO GUTIERREZ, SAYING:

(BENITEZ SAYING:) "We are very happy because after having been in this relationship for such a long time, we are able to formalise it through legal means, be recognised, and have rights as a couple."

(HIPOLITO GUITIERREZ:) "We've been in a relationship for 25 years and I think that this is the precise moment to make it official."

10. GENERAL OF MARRIED COUPLES

11. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) CARLOS OROPEZA, WITH HIS PARTNER ROBERTO ZUNIGA, SAYING:

"It's one of the most important days for us and I think that we are both very happy to be able to formalise something that we've been doing for a long time, which is living together."

12. CARLOS AND ROBERTO RECEIVING THEIR MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE

13. EXTERIOR OF MUSEUM OF MEXICO CITY

STORY: Fifty-one same sex-couples were married in a group ceremony in Mexico City on Sunday (November 22) as part of a days-long event to declare the capital a "gay-friendly" city.

The celebration was held at the Museum of Mexico City and organised by civil organizations that support the tolerance of sexual diversity. Mexico City Mayor Miguel Angela Mancera, who

presided over the ceremony as couples read each other their vows on stage and in the audience.

"We are very happy because after having been in this relationship for such a long time, we are able to formalise it through legal means, be recognised, and have rights as a couple." said Omar Benitez, who wed his husband in the ceremony.

"We've been in a relationship for 25 years and I think that this is the precise moment to make it official," his partner, Hipolito Gutierrez, told Reuters.

Couples from countries besides Mexico also participated in the wedding, including those from Peru, Argentina, Spain and the United States.

After the wedding, Mexico City Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera personally handed couples their marriage licenses.

"It's one of the most important days for us and I think that we are both very happy to be able to formalize something that we've been doing for a long time, which is living together," said Carlos Oropeza, standing next to his new husband, Roberto Zuniga.

Mexico's Supreme Court ruled in a decision published on June 19 that laws restricting marriage to a man and a woman were unconstitutional. The decision, based on five separate rulings, means gay couples may marry by court injunction in states that have not legalised same-sex unions. Until state legislatures change their statutes, however, the couples must still petition courts case by case.

For its part, Mexico City became the first capital in Latin America to allow marriages in 2009. 6,099 same-sex couples have been married in Mexico City since 2010.

Only the states of Coahuila and Quintana Roo have followed suit. In all but two of Mexico's 31 states, gay marriage is still banned under local laws.

Mexico has the world's second-largest Roman Catholic population and a survey by polling firm Parametria showed 48 percent of respondents were against same-sex unions, with 43 percent in favour.

Mayor Mancera is expected to formally designate Mexico City as friendly to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transsexual, transvestite, transgender and intersexual communities (LGBTTTI) on Monday (November 23).


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