# Mexico City legalizes same-sex marriage!

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**Created:** [December 23, 2009, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexico-city-legalizes-same-sex-marriage/522267 "2009-12-23T01:44:29Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexico-city-legalizes-same-sex-marriage/522267/1 "2009-12-23T01:44:29Z")

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Mexico City has voted to legalize [same-sex marriage](http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5grJesfflOb0tjV_flyYRem81BVMwD9CNVNF00). Wow, I wasn’t expecting this. I Mexico City was more liberal that the rest of the country, but I thought the stuff like marriage law was under federal jurisdiction. I didn’t realize it was a state/federal district thing in Mexico like it is the US. Interestingly the response from the Mexican anti-gay movement is _exactly_ the same as the response to DC legalizing same-sex marriage; go the courts and try to push for a referendum. Can the Mexican Congress overide the local authorities like the US Congress can do to DC?