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Judi Lynn

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Mon Jul 20, 2015, 02:06 PM Jul 2015

A Mexican judge wants to allow same-sex couples to adopt children nationwide

A Mexican judge wants to allow same-sex couples to adopt children nationwide
Ioan Grillo
on Jul 14, 2015 @ 1:00 PM


MEXICO CITY — The Mexican capital’s churches have a new challenge: where to seat same-sex parents during their adopted child’s baptism.

Traditionally, the father sits on the right, the mother on the left. But since a law reform in 2009, various same-sex couples have brought their adopted children to be baptized.

“It creates confusion. So we normally seat them in the order of how they appear on the register,” says the Rev. Hugo Valdemar, spokesman for the archdiocese of Mexico City.

The Roman Catholic Church is against same-sex marriage and opposes adoption by gay and lesbian couples. But it will not refuse to baptize any children.

More:
http://www.globalpost.com/article/6614964/2015/07/14/mexico-same-sex-adoption

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A Mexican judge wants to allow same-sex couples to adopt children nationwide (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jul 2015 OP
Huzzah! :) shenmue Jul 2015 #1
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