Same-sex marriage in Hidalgo

The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation ruled on 12 June 2015 that state bans on same-sex marriage are unconstitutional nationwide. The court's ruling is considered a "jurisprudential thesis" and did not invalidate state laws, meaning that same-sex couples denied the right to marry would still have to seek individual amparos in court. The ruling standardized the procedures for judges and courts throughout Mexico to approve all applications for same-sex marriages and made the approval mandatory. Specifically, the court ruled that bans on same-sex marriage violate Articles 1 and 4 of the Constitution of Mexico. Article 1 of the Constitution states that "any form of discrimination, based on ethnic or national origin, gender, age, disabilities, social status, medical conditions, religion, opinions, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other form, which violates the human dignity or seeks to annul or diminish the rights and freedoms of the people, is prohibited", and Article 4 relates to matrimonial equality, stating that "man and woman are equal under the law. The law shall protect the organization and development of the family."{{efn|In some official and indigenous languages of Hidalgo:

• in Spanish: {{lang|es|El varón y la mujer son iguales ante la ley. Esta protegerá la organización y el desarrollo de la familia.}}
• in Otomi: {{lang|oto|Ra ñ’o̱ho ne ra be̱hñä rangutho di ge ra hmända. Nuna mädi ra mutsi ne ra te nuya mengu.}}{{cite web|url= https://archivos.juridicas.unam.mx/www/bjv/libros/10/4544/1.pdf|title= Ndäthot'i, hñäsümpo̱te xe̲ni hnini ga̱tho m'onda̱|work= INALI|access-date= 2022-02-12|archive-date= 2022-02-14|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220214234857/https://archivos.juridicas.unam.mx/www/bjv/libros/10/4544/1.pdf|url-status= live}}
• in Nahuatl: {{lang|nah|Se tlakatl uan se siuatl nochi sansemej ipan tlanauatilistli. Inin kin manauis nejchikolis uan iueixka iuikaluan.}}{{cite web|url=https://www.inali.gob.mx/bicen/pdf/CPEUM_nahuatl_huasteca_potosina.pdf|title=Tlanejneuilyotl Tlen Sentikmaseualmej|access-date=15 September 2024|work=INALI|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613125007/https://www.inali.gob.mx/bicen/pdf/CPEUM_nahuatl_huasteca_potosina.pdf|archive-date=13 June 2010|language=nah}}}}

Due to the lack of legislative action, a collective {{lang|es|amparo}} for six same-sex couples was filed with the Third District Court on 8 August 2014 to contest the constitutionality of articles 8, 11 and 143 of the Family Code.{{cite web|url=http://www.milenio.com/estados/bodas_gay-bodas_del_mismo_sexo-bodas_en_Hidalgo_0_353964699.html|title=Se amparan en Hidalgo para realizar bodas gay|author=Gisselle Acevedo|work=Milenio|access-date=2019-05-17|archive-date=2017-10-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013172203/http://www.milenio.com/estados/bodas_gay-bodas_del_mismo_sexo-bodas_en_Hidalgo_0_353964699.html|url-status=live}} Article 8 described marriage as a "social and permanent institution between a man and a woman", and article 143 similarly defined concubinage as "between a man and a woman". Article 11 characterized marriage as an institution whose goal was "perpetuating the species". Almost two years later, in September 2016, the First Chamber of the Mexican Supreme Court declared that the articles violated the Constitution of Mexico, and gave the plaintiff couples the right to marry.{{in lang|es}} [http://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/nacional/scjn-avala-matrimonios-gay-en-nuevo-leon-hidalgo-y-chiapas.html SCJN avala matrimonios gay en Nuevo León, Hidalgo y Chiapas] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130111705/https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/nacional/scjn-avala-matrimonios-gay-en-nuevo-leon-hidalgo-y-chiapas.html |date=2019-01-30 }} Another {{lang|es|amparo}} contesting the constitutionality of the three articles was filed in December 2014.{{cite web|url=https://hidalgo.quadratin.com.mx/principal/Parejas-del-mismo-sexo-en-Hidalgo-presentaran-amparo-contra-ley-familiar/|title=Parejas del mismo sexo en Hidalgo presentarán amparo contra ley familiar|website=Quadratin Hidalgo|date=13 December 2014|language=Spanish|access-date=17 October 2020|archive-date=18 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618131805/https://hidalgo.quadratin.com.mx/principal/Parejas-del-mismo-sexo-en-Hidalgo-presentaran-amparo-contra-ley-familiar/|url-status=live}} In October 2016, Yolanda Molina Reyes, the state coordinator of Equal Marriage Mexico ({{lang|es|Matrimonio Igualitario México}}), said that within the past two years three separate {{lang|es|amparos}} against the state had been filed, all of which had been successful in the courts. The first same-sex wedding in the state occurred in Pachuca on 8 October 2016.{{in lang|es}} [http://www.criteriohidalgo.com/noticias/hidalgo-ujul/celebran-la-primera-boda-gay-en-hidalgo CELEBRAN LA PRIMERA BODA GAY EN HIDALGO] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323103838/https://www.criteriohidalgo.com/noticias/hidalgo-ujul/celebran-la-primera-boda-gay-en-hidalgo |date=2019-03-23 }} By August 2017, 8 {{lang|es|amparos}} for same-sex marriages had been granted in Hidalgo.{{in lang|es}} [http://japii.mx/planean-estrategia-favor-del-matrimonio-gay-hidalgo/ Planean estrategia a favor del matrimonio gay en Hidalgo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323103833/http://japii.mx/planean-estrategia-favor-del-matrimonio-gay-hidalgo/ |date=2019-03-23 }}

As Mexico City and Coahuila had recently legalized civil unions, a similar measure was proposed in Hidalgo in July 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.desdeabajo.org.mx/wordpress/presentan-iniciativa-de-ley-de-sociedades-de-convivencia-para-hidalgo/|title=Presentan iniciativa de Ley de Sociedades de Convivencia para Hidalgo|work=desdeabajo.org.mx|access-date=2019-05-17|archive-date=2019-03-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323103834/http://www.desdeabajo.org.mx/wordpress/presentan-iniciativa-de-ley-de-sociedades-de-convivencia-para-hidalgo/|url-status=live}} However, it stalled in the Congress of Hidalgo as well as in successive legislative sessions.{{cite web|url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/701339.html|title=El Universal – – Hidalgo no legislar bodas gay|date=19 June 2013|work=eluniversal.com.mx|access-date=17 May 2019|archive-date=3 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903043441/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/701339.html|url-status=live}} In October 2013, Congress indicated that there was not sufficient "maturity" in society to accept same-sex marriage and that it would instead consider a bill to recognize same-sex cohabitation,{{cite web|url=http://criteriohidalgo.com/notas.asp?id=197541|title=Matrimonios gay dependen de "madurez" – Criterio – Hidalgo|work=criteriohidalgo.com|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140830204559/http://criteriohidalgo.com/notas.asp?id=197541|archivedate=30 August 2014|df=dmy-all}} but eventually no such partnership bill was approved by Congress.

The July 2018 general elections resulted in the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA), whose party platform included support for same-sex marriage, winning the majority of legislative seats in Congress. In October 2018, a same-sex marriage bill was introduced to Congress by Deputy Areli Rubí Miranda Ayala from the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD).{{in lang|es}} [https://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/buscan-aprobar-matrimonio-igualitario-en-hidalgo/1270536 Buscan aprobar matrimonio igualitario en Hidalgo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329063021/https://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/buscan-aprobar-matrimonio-igualitario-en-hidalgo/1270536 |date=2019-03-29 }} It was approved on 14 May 2019 in a vote of 18–2 with 8 abstentions.{{cite web|url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/reconocen-matrimonio-igualitario|title=Reconocen matrimonio igualitario|language=Spanish|date=15 May 2019|website=El Universal|access-date=17 May 2019|archive-date=17 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517034008/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/reconocen-matrimonio-igualitario|url-status=live}} Governor Omar Fayad signed the bill into law on 24 May. It was published in the official state journal on 10 June 2019 and took effect the following day.{{cite web|url=http://periodico.hidalgo.gob.mx/?tribe_events=periodico-oficial-ordinario-0-del-10-de-junio-de-2019|title=Periódico Oficial Ordinario 0 del 10 de junio de 2019|language=Spanish|access-date=10 June 2019|publisher=Periódico Oficial del Estado de Hidalgo|archive-date=23 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223030534/http://periodico.hidalgo.gob.mx/?tribe_events=periodico-oficial-ordinario-0-del-10-de-junio-de-2019|url-status=live}} The law ensures that married same-sex couples enjoy the same rights, benefits and responsibilities as married opposite-sex couples, including tax benefits, immigration rights, property rights, inheritance, and adoption rights, among others.{{cite web|url=http://desdeabajo.mx/2019/06/a-partir-de-hoy-matrimonio-igualitario-es-oficial/|title=A partir de hoy Matrimonio Igualitario es oficial|language=Spanish|date=10 June 2019|website=desdeabajo.mx|access-date=11 June 2019|archive-date=17 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617190048/http://desdeabajo.mx/2019/06/a-partir-de-hoy-matrimonio-igualitario-es-oficial/|url-status=live}} The first same-sex couple to marry in Hidalgo under the new law were two women in Tulancingo on 17 June 2019.{{cite web|url=https://nqradio.com/2019/06/18/realizan-en-tulancingo-el-primer-matrimonio-igualitario/|language=es|title=Realizan en Tulancingo el primer matrimonio igualitario|work=NQ Radio|date=18 June 2019}} Article 8 of the Family Code now reads as follows:

• in {{langx|es|El matrimonio es una institución social y permanente, por la cual se establece la unión jurídica entre dos personas, que, con igualdad de derechos y obligaciones, procuran respeto, igualdad y ayuda mutua, originan el nacimiento y estabilidad de una familia, así como la realización de una comunidad de vida plena y responsable.}}

: (Marriage is a social and permanent institution, in which the legal union of two people is established, who, with equal rights and obligations, seek respect, equality and mutual aid, the birth and stability of a family and the realization of a full and responsible community of life.)

The National Institute of Statistics and Geography reported that 71 same-sex marriages had been performed in Hidalgo in 2019, representing 0.78% of marriages.{{cite web|url=https://www.inegi.org.mx/sistemas/olap/Proyectos/bd/continuas/nupcialidad/Matrimonios.asp?s%20=%20est&c%20=%2012239&proy%20=%20matrim_mat|title=Matrimonios, Entidad y municipio de registro, Sexo, Sexo|website=INEGI|language=Spanish|access-date=2020-10-17|archive-date=2020-10-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017070006/https://www.inegi.org.mx/sistemas/olap/Proyectos/bd/continuas/nupcialidad/Matrimonios.asp?s%20=%20est&c%20=%2012239&proy%20=%20matrim_mat|url-status=live}}

The first same-sex marriage in Tlahuelilpan took place in October 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.milenio.com/politica/comunidad/primer-matrimonio-igualitario-de-2022-se-lleva-a-cabo-en-tlahuelilpan|language=es|title=Realizan primer matrimonio igualitario de 2022 en Tlahuelilpan; ¡amor es amor!|work=Milenio|date=26 October 2022}} By the end of 2023, 15 same-sex couples had married in Tulancingo.{{cite web|url=https://criteriohidalgo.com/noticias/regiones/en-3-anos-tulancingo-suma-15-matrimonios-igualitarios|language=es|title=En 3 años, Tulancingo suma 15 matrimonios igualitarios|work=Criterio|date=8 February 2024|first=Antonieta|last=Islas Hace}}

A 2017 opinion poll conducted by Gabinete de Comunicación Estratégica found that 51% of Hidalgo residents supported same-sex marriage, while 46% were opposed.{{in lang|es}} [http://gabinete.mx/wp-content/uploads/2017/estudios/estudios_pdf/encuesta_nacional_2017.pdf Encuesta nacional 2017] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919010615/http://gabinete.mx/wp-content/uploads/2017/estudios/estudios_pdf/encuesta_nacional_2017.pdf |date=2017-09-19 }}, Gabinete de Comunicación Estratégica According to a 2018 survey by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography, 42% of the Hidalgo public opposed same-sex marriage.{{in lang|es}} [https://www.elsoldemexico.com.mx/mexico/sociedad/data-quien-esta-en-contra-del-matrimonio-gay-3324691.html #Data | ¿Quién está en contra del matrimonio gay?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416181618/https://www.elsoldemexico.com.mx/mexico/sociedad/data-quien-esta-en-contra-del-matrimonio-gay-3324691.html |date=2019-04-16 }}

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