\nThousands of \u00abpro-family\u00bb \u2013 but evidently only certain kinds of family \u2013 Mexicans came out this last weekend to protest a move by Mexican President Enrique Pe\u00f1a Nieto and the courts to legalize same-sex marriage throughout the largely Catholic country.<\/p>\n
The proposed change comes after years of violence against LGBTQ Mexicans, growing activism and successful court battles for marriage equality, and slow progress for same-sex marriage; it is now legal in a number of states and in M\u00e9xico City, which recently celebrated a mass same-sex wedding ceremony. A new court ruling in favor of nationwide equality would effectively override state laws declaring marriage \u201csomething to be celebrated between a man and a woman.\u201d Activists have hailed the move as \u00aba blow against machismo, against the dominance of the church, and against conservatism.\u00bb<\/p>\n
But such change comes hard, especially in a country with deep ties to the Catholic church. On Sept. ![\"Smiley](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/elsemanarioonl.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Pg11-1-Nat-News-E-Mex-1pic-small.jpg?resize=314%2C278\")
10th, dozens of marches were organized by the conservative Catholic coalition National Front for the Family, with Tijuana\u2019s new Archbishop and many other church figures reportedly taking part; the Front has also gathered over 100,000 signatures on a petition seeking to block same-sex marriage. Many of the anti-equality marches were met with smaller groups of marriage equality supporters.<\/p>\n
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The most dramatic was the still-anonymous, 12-year-old boy in Celaya, Guanajuato who stood in the road trying to stop about 11,000 marchers heading his way.<\/p>\n
At first, photo-journalist Manuel Rodr\u00edguez thought he was just randomly standing among them; when he interviewed the boy, he said he has an uncle who is gay, \u00aband I hate the hatred.\u00bb From the much-honored elder and rabbi Hillel, \u201cIf not me, who? If not now, when?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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