All Mexican states now permit same-sex marriage

Tamaulipas, a border state, became the 32nd of Mexico’s states to approve same-sex marriages after lawmakers there voted Wednesday night to do so.

With 23 votes in favour, 12 votes against, and 2 abstentions, the proposal to change the state’s Civil Code was approved, prompting chants of “Yes, we can!” from the change’s proponents.

Legislators eventually relocated to another chamber to wrap up their discussion and vote while those in favour and opposing the measure screamed and shouted from the balcony during the session.

The president of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, Arturo Zaldívar, welcomed the vote. “The whole country shines with a huge rainbow. Live the dignity and rights of all people. Love is love,” he said on Twitter.

Legislators in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero had adopted a measure permitting same-sex unions the day before.

Although the Supreme Court ruled in 2015 that state laws against same-sex marriage were unconstitutional, some states took a while to pass legislation to comply with the decision.