Mexico City and Same-Sex Unions

In the heart of the world’s second largest Catholic nation, the Mexico City legislature has voted to authorize same-sex couples to enter into civil unions.

According to Manuel Roig-Franzia, Mexico City Officials Legalize Gay Unions, Wash. Post, Nov. 10, 2006.

The law gives gay people in the country’s largest city the right to make medical decisions for their partners and to list their partners as beneficiaries of pensions and inheritances. * * *

The large Mexican state of Coahuila, which borders Texas, is now considering a gay union law.