Colima legalizes same-sex unions
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- Published on Friday, 12 July 2013 11:59
- Written by Duncan Tucker
The Colima state congress has approved a bill permitting the legal union between same-sex couples, with 23 of 25 votes in favor of the resolution.
The bill provides gay couples with the same rights as married heterosexual couples, while preserving the term “marriage” as a union exclusively between a man and a woman. It must be ratified within the next 30 days by six of the state’s 10 municipalities in order to become law.
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