Tons of Get Married On Valentine’s Day In Mass Ceremony In Mexico

35 same-sex {couples} received married within the ceremony

Nezahualcyotl, Mexico:

Tons of of {couples} wed Tuesday in a mass ceremony on Valentine’s Day in one of many final Mexican states to legalize same-sex marriage.

“It is an essential date for us as a result of we met on February 14,” mentioned 24-year-old Sarai Vargas, who wed her associate Yazmin Acosta, 27.

“We’re blissful as a result of same-sex marriage was authorised simply three months in the past right here within the State of Mexico, so we determined to marry this yr,” she added.

Practically 1,000 {couples} took half within the occasion, which included 35 same-sex unions, in response to a municipal official.

The authorities offered a hairdressing and make-up service for these collaborating.

Marriage equality was authorised in October within the State of Mexico, essentially the most populous of the nation’s 32 states, situated on the outskirts of the capital Mexico Metropolis.

Identical-sex marriage is now authorized all through the Latin American nation, greater than a decade after Mexico Metropolis grew to become the primary to rejoice same-sex unions in 2010.

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