Puerto Vallarta News

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Baja California Still Refuses Marriage to Gay Couple

This city on the border with California has for a fourth time blocked a gay couple from marrying in defiance of an order from Mexico's Supreme Court, the men's lawyer said Friday.

Attorney Jose Luis Marquez Saavedra said he has filed a complaint against Mexicali's mayor and other officials seeking to force them to let Victor Fernando Urias Amparo and Victor Manuel Aguirre Espinoza wed. He accused the city of using procedural technicalities to keep them from tying the knot.

Mayor Jaime Rafael Diaz Ochoa, a member of the conservative National Action Party, which has historic ties . . .

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