Same-sex marriage in San Luis Potosí

The Mexican Supreme Court 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 same-sex marriage bans 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 San Luis Potosí:

• 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 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}}
• in Huastec: {{lang|hus|An inik ani an uxum jayetskʼij in jalbil baʼ an bolid kaw. Ax neets kin kʼaniy in yanel jantʼin ti neets ti puwel in yanel.}}{{cite web|url=https://www.inali.gob.mx/bicen/pdf/CPEUM_husteco_occidente.pdf|title=Abat Naxtalab Ti Ba An Lab Tom|accessdate=15 September 2024|work=INALI|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404005050/https://www.inali.gob.mx/bicen/pdf/CPEUM_husteco_occidente.pdf|archive-date=4 April 2016}}
• in Pame: {{lang|pmq|Buʼ ʼlɛ y buʼ ntjuy lañkjiande ant biuʼ diʼkiuã̀jãng niñʼãʼ mã̀ gatumbe naguijuye y pa nʼtùnderuʼdat raʼpiaye.}}{{cite web|url=https://constitucionenlenguas.inali.gob.mx/completa/lang1:pame-del-norte/lang2:es-MX|title=Diꞌkiuã̀jãng Mjàu La'iajaun'pay Ñiñ'ã' Npu'|access-date=10 September 2022|work=INALI}}}}

In July 2013, a male same-sex couple applied for a marriage license but their application was rejected. They were granted the right to marry by the First District Court in an {{lang|es|amparo}} on 3 June 2014.{{cite web|url=http://pulsoslp.com.mx/2014/06/07/mas-homosexuales-pueden-casarse-en-slp/|title=Más homosexuales pueden casarse en SLP|work=pulsoslp.com.mx|access-date=2019-05-17|archive-date=2018-11-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116204947/http://pulsoslp.com.mx/2014/06/07/mas-homosexuales-pueden-casarse-en-slp/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://pulsoslp.com.mx/2014/06/07/adecuaran-la-ley-para-bodas-gay/|title=Adecuarán la ley para bodas gay|publisher=PulsoSLP|date=7 June 2014|access-date=17 May 2019|archive-date=16 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116204524/http://pulsoslp.com.mx/2014/06/07/adecuaran-la-ley-para-bodas-gay/|url-status=live}} On 26 March 2014, Jonathan Llanas and Gadiel Martínez applied for a marriage license at the civil registry office in the city of San Luis Potosí,{{cite web|url=http://www.milenio.com/estados/gay-boda-amparo-pareja_0_269373391.html|title=Pareja gay de SLP busca amparo para casarse|author=Antonio González Vázquez|work=Milenio|date=26 March 2014 |access-date=2019-05-17|archive-date=2017-10-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013172214/http://www.milenio.com/estados/gay-boda-amparo-pareja_0_269373391.html|url-status=live}} but were rejected citing the same reasons given to the first couple. They filed an {{lang|es|amparo}}, which was approved on 4 August 2014 by the Sixth District Court.{{cite web|url=http://laorquesta.mx/conceden-amparo-a-pareja-gay-en-san-luis-potosi-se-preve-cascada-de-nuevas-demandas/|title=Conceden primer amparo a pareja gay en San Luis Potosí; se prevé cascada de nuevas demandas|work=La Orquesta|access-date=2019-05-17|archive-date=2019-03-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323103836/http://laorquesta.mx/conceden-amparo-a-pareja-gay-en-san-luis-potosi-se-preve-cascada-de-nuevas-demandas/|url-status=live}} On 7 August 2014, the civil registry filed a counter-injunction to avoid recording the marriage.{{cite web|url=http://www.planoinformativo.com/nota/id/343928#.U_9XQmOM2Ht|title=Registro Civil trata de impedir boda gay en SLP|work=planoinformativo.com|access-date=2019-05-17|archive-date=2017-10-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013120628/http://www.planoinformativo.com/nota/id/343928#.U_9XQmOM2Ht|url-status=live}} An appeal was denied by an appellate court in October 2014 and the registry was ordered to conduct the marriage.{{cite web|url=http://www.elexpres.com/noticias/news-display.php?story_id=71529|title=Justicia federal se pronuncia a favor del matrimonio homosexual, EL EXPRÉS, San Luis Potosí|work=elexpres.com|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020115350/http://www.elexpres.com/noticias/news-display.php?story_id=71529|archivedate=20 October 2014|df=dmy-all}} In early September 2014, a lesbian couple applied for a marriage license in Ciudad Valles.{{cite web|url=http://www.regionvalles.com/content/view/48495/2/|title=Regionvalles.com - Periódico Electrónico - Primer pareja gay Vallense busca contraer matrimonio Civil|work=regionvalles.com|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907004750/http://www.regionvalles.com/content/view/48495/2/|archivedate=7 September 2014|df=dmy-all}} The first same-sex marriage in the state occurred in the city of San Luis Potosí in August 2015.{{cite web|url=https://lajornadasanluis.com.mx/politica-y-sociedad/se-casa-en-san-luis-potosi-la-primera-pareja-del-mismo-sexo/|title=Se casa en San Luis Potosí la primera pareja del mismo sexo|date=23 August 2015|language=es|work=La Jornada San Luis}}

In November 2014, the State Human Rights Commission announced it was reviewing two complaints from parties who had received {{lang|es|amparos}} to marry but were still being denied marriage licenses by the civil registry.{{cite web|url=http://www.globalmedia.mx/noticia/7883/emitiria-cedh-recomendacion-al-registro-civil|title=Emitiría CEDH recomendación al Registro Civil|work=GlobalMedia Noticias|access-date=11 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221120443/http://www.globalmedia.mx/noticia/7883/emitiria-cedh-recomendacion-al-registro-civil|archive-date=21 December 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} By January 2017, 20 {{lang|es|amparos}} for same-sex marriages had been granted in San Luis Potosí.{{in lang|es}} [http://pulsoslp.com.mx/2017/01/29/con-amparo-se-han-casado-20-parejas-gay/ Con amparo, se han casado 20 parejas gay] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116204302/http://pulsoslp.com.mx/2017/01/29/con-amparo-se-han-casado-20-parejas-gay/ |date=2018-11-16 }} In May 2019, Paul Ibarra Collazo, president of the local LGBT group {{lang|es|Red de Diversificadores Sociales}}, announced that 150 same-sex couples had married in the state by that time. Ibarra Collazo estimated that an {{lang|es|amparo}} was usually resolved after one or two months, and cost between Mex$4,000 and Mex$15,000.{{cite web|url=https://www.globalmedia.mx/articles/Matrimonios-gay-en-SLP-son-caros-y-tardados|title=Matrimonios gay en SLP son caros y tardados|website=Global Media|date=16 May 2019|language=Spanish|access-date=26 December 2020|archive-date=17 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617230643/https://www.globalmedia.mx/articles/Matrimonios-gay-en-SLP-son-caros-y-tardados|url-status=live}}

A citizens' initiative to legalize same-sex marriage was proposed in San Luis Potosí in 2014. It was submitted to the Congress on 28 April 2014. On 8 August 2014, the deputy chairman of the Commission on Human Rights and Gender Equity, Miguel Maza Hernández, said that an analysis of the proposal would "begin shortly".{{cite web|url=http://agenciadenoticiasslp.com/2014/08/08/en-analisis-iniciativa-del-matrimonio-igualitario/|title=En análisis iniciativa del matrimonio igualitario|work=agenciadenoticiasslp.com|date=8 August 2014 |access-date=2019-05-17|archive-date=2014-09-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903105045/http://agenciadenoticiasslp.com/2014/08/08/en-analisis-iniciativa-del-matrimonio-igualitario/|url-status=live}} On 17 June 2015, Maza Hernández announced the state's commitment to extending marriage to same-sex couples and said that deliberations would occur after publication of the June 2015 Supreme Court ruling in the judicial gazette. Maza Hernández added that although no laws prevented same-sex couples from adopting,{{cite web|url=http://globalmedia.mx/noticia/34420/nada-impide-a-parejas-gay-adoptar-ninos-en-slp|title=Nada impide a parejas gay adoptar niños en SLP|work=GlobalMedia Noticias|access-date=18 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150618124123/http://globalmedia.mx/noticia/34420/nada-impide-a-parejas-gay-adoptar-ninos-en-slp|archive-date=18 June 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} Congress would prefer to amend the Family Code to codify equal adoption rights along with passing a same-sex marriage law.{{cite web|url=http://pulsoslp.com.mx/2015/06/17/acatara-congreso-de-slp-exhorto-sobre-leyes-en-favor-de-los-homosexuales|title=Acatará Congreso de SLP exhorto sobre leyes en favor de los homosexuales|work=pulsoslp.com.mx|access-date=2019-05-17|archive-date=2018-09-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180908202319/http://pulsoslp.com.mx/2015/06/17/acatara-congreso-de-slp-exhorto-sobre-leyes-en-favor-de-los-homosexuales/|url-status=live}} On 6 June 2016, it was announced that a special committee would study the marriage bill and vote on it within 90 days.{{Cite web |url=http://planoinformativo.com/nota/id/464563/noticia/matrimonios-igualitarios,-dictamen-en-90-dias.html |title=Matrimonios igualitarios, dictamen en 90 días |access-date=2019-05-17 |archive-date=2017-10-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007220608/http://planoinformativo.com/nota/id/464563/noticia/matrimonios-igualitarios,-dictamen-en-90-dias.html |url-status=live }} In November 2016, the Congress voted against the bill legalizing same-sex marriage.{{in lang|es}} [http://www.animalpolitico.com/2016/11/diputados-san-luis-matrimonio-igualitario/ Congreso de SLP rechaza matrimonio igualitario: unión debe ser solo entre hombre y mujer] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323103843/https://www.animalpolitico.com/2016/11/diputados-san-luis-matrimonio-igualitario/ |date=2019-03-23 }} A deputy from the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), who had mistakenly voted against the bill, announced he would introduce a new same-sex marriage proposal in 2017.{{in lang|es}} [http://www.sdpnoticias.com/gay/2016/12/01/el-matrimonio-igualitario-no-es-normal-y-slp-no-esta-para-preparado-para-el-diputado El matrimonio igualitario no es "normal" y SLP no está para preparado para él: Diputado] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323103839/https://www.sdpnoticias.com/gay/2016/12/01/el-matrimonio-igualitario-no-es-normal-y-slp-no-esta-para-preparado-para-el-diputado |date=2019-03-23 }}

The new bill was introduced in October 2017.{{in lang|es}} [http://pulsoslp.com.mx/2017/10/04/presentan-iniciativa-para-legalizar-matrimonio-gay/ Presentan iniciativa para legalizar matrimonio gay] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180908164620/http://pulsoslp.com.mx/2017/10/04/presentan-iniciativa-para-legalizar-matrimonio-gay/ |date=2018-09-08 }} Momentum was gained after the July 2018 elections, in which the PRD, the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) and the Labor Party (PT), whose party platforms included support for same-sex marriage, won a plurality of legislative seats in Congress. The bill to legalize same-sex marriage was approved in a vote of 14–12 with 1 abstention on 16 May 2019.{{Cite web |url=https://www.razon.com.mx/mexico/congreso-de-san-luis-potosi-aprueba-el-matrimonio-igualitario/ |title=Congreso de San Luis Potosí aprueba el matrimonio igualitario |date=16 May 2019 |access-date=2019-05-17 |archive-date=2019-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190516204442/https://www.razon.com.mx/mexico/congreso-de-san-luis-potosi-aprueba-el-matrimonio-igualitario/ |url-status=live }} It was subsequently signed into law by Governor Juan Manuel Carreras on 17 May and published in the official state journal on 20 May. The law took effect the following day.{{Cite web |url=http://apps.slp.gob.mx/po/PDF/2019/LEGISLATIVO/MAYO/Decreto%200168.-%20Ref.%20art%2015,105%20y%20133%20Codigo%20Familiar%20(20-MAY-2019).pdf |title=Decreto 0168.- Se Reforman los artículos 15, 105, y 133 del Código Familiar para elEstado de San Luis Potosí |access-date=2019-05-21 |archive-date=2020-01-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111044557/http://apps.slp.gob.mx/po/PDF/2019/LEGISLATIVO/MAYO/Decreto%200168.-%20Ref.%20art%2015,105%20y%20133%20Codigo%20Familiar%20(20-MAY-2019).pdf |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://pulsoslp.com.mx/slp/periodico-oficial-del-estado-publica-reformas-sobre-matrimonio-igualitario-/938062 |title=Periódico Oficial del Estado publica reformas sobre matrimonio igualitario |date=22 March 2017 |access-date=2019-05-21 |archive-date=2019-05-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523165517/https://pulsoslp.com.mx/slp/periodico-oficial-del-estado-publica-reformas-sobre-matrimonio-igualitario-/938062 |url-status=live }} It 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=https://sanluispotosi.quadratin.com.mx/justicia/comunidad-lgbttti-se-prepara-para-la-adopcion/|title=Comunidad LGBTTTI se prepara para la adopción|website=Quadratin San Luis Potosí|date=17 May 2019|author=Mariel Sánchez|language=Spanish|access-date=11 June 2019|archive-date=17 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617190044/https://sanluispotosi.quadratin.com.mx/justicia/comunidad-lgbttti-se-prepara-para-la-adopcion/|url-status=live}}

Article 15 of the Family Code was amended to read:{{cite web|url=http://www.stjslp.gob.mx/transp/cont/marco%20juridico/pdf-zip/codigos/CF/CFam.pdf|title=Codigo Familiar para el Estado de San Luis Potosí|accessdate=10 October 2022|language=Spanish|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728133304/http://www.stjslp.gob.mx/transp/cont/marco%20juridico/pdf-zip/codigos/CF/CFam.pdf|archive-date=28 July 2022}}

• in Spanish: {{lang|es|El matrimonio es la unión legal entre dos personas, libremente contraída, basada en el respeto, con igualdad de derechos, deberes y obligaciones, que hacen vida en común, con la finalidad de proporcionarse ayuda mutua, formando una familia.}}

: (Marriage is the legal union of two people, freely contracted, based on respect, with equal rights, duties and obligations, that establishes a community of life, with the purpose of providing mutual aid and forming a family.)

The following table shows the number of same-sex marriages performed in San Luis Potosí since 2020 as reported by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography.{{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=2021-10-02|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 Ébano occurred in September 2019,{{cite web|url=https://sanluispotosi.quadratin.com.mx/uncategorized/celebran-en-ebano-el-primer-matrimonio-igualitario/|language=es|title=Celebran en Ébano el primer matrimonio igualitario|work=Quadratin San Luis Potosí|date=19 September 2019}} whereas the first in Tierra Nueva took place in November 2022.{{cite web|url=https://regioncentroslp.com/general/se-celebro-el-primer-matrimonio-igualitario/|language=es|title=Se celebró el primer matrimonio igualitario|date=20 November 2022}} A same-sex marriage was performed in a prison in Rioverde in June 2024, marking the first same-sex wedding between two inmates in the state.{{cite web|url=https://planoinformativo.com/1009412/realizan-el-primer-matrimonio-igualitario-en-el-penal-de-rioverde-/|language=es|title=Realizan el primer matrimonio igualitario en el penal de Rioverde|date=13 June 2024|first=Alicia|last=Limón|work=Plano Informativo}}

A 2017 opinion poll conducted by Gabinete de Comunicación Estratégica found that 50% of San Luis Potosí 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, 39% of the San Luis Potosí 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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