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The Mexican Supreme Court today issued a sweeping decision in which it declared that bans on same-sex marriage are “discriminatory and unconstitutional.”  The formal ruling was delivered today, but the court made the decision in December. J. Lester Feder reports at Buzzfeed: The ruling not only makes a strong statement about Mexican law’s treatment of equal protection guarantees, it also …

Andres Duque has the news at Blabbeando: A little noticed Mexican health norm first approved in August and then published in the country’s regulatory Official Federation Diary on October 26th has gone into effect today essentially doing away with a two-decade ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men. The old norm (NOM 003-SSA2) explicitly banned gay and bisexual …

In what activists are hailing as a landmark ruling, today the Mexican Supreme Court struck down the ban on same-sex marriage. The court ruled on behalf of three same-sex couple seeking to marry in the southern state of Oaxaca. The court had already ruled in 2010 that gay marriages performed under a Mexico City ordinance had to be recognized nationwide. …

Saying that the “Virgin Of The Rosary” had told them that secular education is the work of the devil, a Christian cult in Mexico burned down one town’s only government-run school and hurled stones at students attempting to then attend classes in the homes of teachers. “It is a problem of fundamentalism,” Michoacan state government secretary Jesus Reyna Garcia told …

Most Americans may not know the name of Chavela Vargas, but foreign film buffs will recognize her distinctive voice from the soundtracks of Pedro Almodavar’s movies. Vargas died yesterday at the age of 93. Vargas rose to fame flouting the Roman Catholic country’s preconceptions of what it meant to be a female singer: singing lusty “ranchera” songs while wearing men’s …

“I would like to thank personally, and on behalf of the Mexican nation, President Barack Obama for his valuable decision by executive order to give an opportunity for young people who were not born in the United States but who arrived in that great nation before they were 16 years of age, or who are studying in university, or who …

As immigration reform continues to dominate the headlines, Nate Silver links to the Office of Immigration Statistics’ recent recap on where newly-minted Americans are coming from. Via Twitter, Silver notes that the largest number of new citizens are from Asia, not Latin America, as the right wing seems to believe.

For the first time in almost 100 years, more Mexicans are leaving the United States than entering. A four-decade tidal wave of Mexican immigration to the United States has receded, causing a historic shift in migration patterns as more Mexicans appear to be leaving the United States for Mexico than the other way around, according to a report from the …

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It’s not in the clip, but did you catch the part where the crowd booed Mitt Romney’s Mexican heritage? The crowd also booed the moderator when he asked Newt Gingrich about food stamps. Mexicans? BOOOO. Poor people? BOOOO. As always, you can’t make it up.NOTE: Romney has Mexican relatives because they fled there to avoid prosecution for polygamy.

Legal same-sex marriages are about to commence in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, home to popular vacation destinations like Cancun. Cancun and other resort areas on the Mexican Caribbean will have a new attraction for gay and lesbian couples from the United States, Canada and Europe, allowing them to legalize their unions thanks to a quirk in the local …

Via Humans Invent, an interesting proposal. Burrowing down 35 stories beneath the heart of Mexico City, the Earthscraper defies everything the skyscraper stands for. It’s an ambitious rebuttal to architectural obsession with high-rise, so-called space efficient living. Shaped like an inverted pyramid, the Earthscraper will burrow downwards 775,000 square metres, preserving the existing city square above. By building below the …

Mexico City is considering offering temporary marriage licenses. If things aren’t working out after the agreed upon trial period, you just walk away. Leftists in the city’s assembly — who have already riled conservatives by legalizing gay marriage — proposed a reform to the civil code this week that would allow couples to decide on the length of their commitment, …

Buzzfeed notes: “Unfortunately this piece of sociopolitical satire might backfire when the Tea Party finds out about it and demands it be permanently installed at every border crossing.”

After an in vitro fertilization procedure, a 50 year-old woman in Mexico City has become the surrogate mother to her 31 year-old gay son’s baby using a donated egg and her son’s sperm. The baby, called Dario, was born by caesarean section on November 1 and the mother and child were sent home after a 48-hour period of observation. Doctors …

The legislature of the Mexican border state of Baja California has voted 18-1 to ban the recognition of same-sex marriage, despite a recent Supreme Court ruling that all 31 states must recognize such unions performed in the nation’s capital, the only place they are currently allowed. Rex Wockner reports: As a result, the state legislature’s move could set it on …

“Look, I believe that every person in this world has the right to profess the beliefs they have and I am in agreement. We have to respect what each human being decides to do with their lives, no? Clearly, there are limitations, of course, also, as there also are with heterosexual couples, no? Better said, there are limitations for any …