MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's Supreme Court is coming under fire from a Roman Catholic archbishop for upholding a law allowing gays to marry in the country's capital.
Mexican Cardinal Norberto Rivera says the ruling is "immoral." He says it's wrong to go against Christian doctrine that recognizes only marriages between a man and a woman.
In a statement, he says, "The church cannot fail to call evil evil."
On Thursday, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of gay marriages in Mexico City under a law passed by the state legislature. Mexico's federal government had sought to nullify the law.
The city government said last week that 320 same-sex couples had married since March.
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AP Correspondent Eduardo Castillo reports that Mexico City's Roman Catholic archbishop has denounced the nation's highest court on the issue of same-sex marriage.
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AP Correspondent Eduardo Castillo reports that Cardinal Norberto Rivera sharply criticized Mexico's Supreme Court for upholding a law allowing same-sex marriage in Mexico City.
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: Cardinal Norberto Rivera, from Mexico, who is against gay marriage, officiates at a mass at the metropolitan cathedral in Mexico City, Sunday Aug. 8, 2010. Mexico's Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a law allowing same-sex marriages in Mexico City is constitutional, rejecting an appeal by federal prosecutors who argued it violated the charter's guarantees to protect the family.
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Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera headshot, as Archbishop of Mexico, graphic element on gray
