The Congress of the Mexican state of Puebla has overwhelmingly passed same-sex marriage. It makes Puebla, a conservative state in east-central Mexico, the latest state in the country to legalize marriage equality.
It comes after Puebla fell under the control of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s lef wing National Regeneration Movement.
Lopez Obrador himself is cautious around social conservatives but the left-wing base of his party are more outspoken in support of LGBT+ rights.
Meanwhile the battle for same-sex marriage across Mexico continues. Indeed, equality supporters in the state of Guerrero have said they will sue in the country’s Supreme Court after its state deputies failed to pass same-sex marriage. Legal battle ahead The