Same-sex marriage in Hidalgo

As Mexico City and Coahuila had recently legalized civil unions, a similar measure was proposed in Hidalgo in July 2007.[1] However, it stalled in the state Congress as well as in successive sessions.[2] In October 2013, Congress indicated that there was not sufficient "maturity" in society to accept same-sex marriage and that it would instead consider a conjugal partnership bill.[3]

Due to the lack of legislative action, on 8 August 2014 a collective injunction for six same-sex couples was presented to the Third District Court to contest the constitutionality of articles 8, 11 and 143 of the Family Code.[4] Article 8 described marriage as a "social and permanent institution between a man and a woman", and article 143 similarly defined concubinage as "between a man and a woman". Article 11 characterized marriage as an institution whose goal was "perpetuating the species". Almost two years later, in September 2016, the First Chamber of the Mexican Supreme Court declared that the articles in question violated the Constitution of Mexico, and gave the six couples the right to marry.[5] Another injunction contesting the constitutionality of the three articles was filed in December 2014.[6]

In October 2016, Yolanda Molina Reyes, state coordinator of Equal Marriage Mexico (Matrimonio Igualitario México), stated that within the past two years three separate injunctions against the state had been filed, all of which had been successful in the courts. The first same-sex wedding in the state occurred on 8 October 2016.[7]

By August 2017, 8 injunctions had been granted to same-sex couples in Hidalgo.[8]

The July 2018 general elections resulted in the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA), a pro-same-sex marriage party, winning the majority of legislative seats in the Congress of Hidalgo. In October 2018, a same-sex marriage bill was introduced to Congress by Deputy Areli Rubí Miranda Ayala from the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD).[9] It was approved on 14 May 2019 in a vote of 18–2 with 8 abstentions.[10] Governor Omar Fayad signed the bill into law on 24 May. It was published in the official state journal on 10 June 2019 and took effect the following day.[11] The law allows same-sex couples to adopt children jointly.[12] Article 8 of the Family Code now reads as follows:

• in Spanish: El matrimonio es una institución social y permanente, por la cual se establece la unión jurídica entre dos personas, que, con igualdad de derechos y obligaciones, procuran respeto, igualdad y ayuda mutua, originan el nacimiento y estabilidad de una familia, así como la realización de una comunidad de vida plena y responsable.

• (Marriage is a social and permanent institution, which establishes the legal union between two people, who, with equal rights and obligations, seek respect, equality and mutual assistance, the birth and stability of a family and the realization of a full and responsible life together.)

Political party[13][14]	Members	Yes	No	Abstain	Absent
National Regeneration Movement	17	15		1	1
Institutional Revolutionary Party	5			5
National Action Party	3		2		1
Social Encounter Party	2	2
Labor Party	1			1
Party of the Democratic Revolution	1	1
New Alliance Party	1			1
Total	30	18	2	8	2

The following table shows the number of same-sex marriages performed in Hidalgo since legalization in 2019, as reported by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography.[15]