Over 1 Million Mexicans Protest Same-Sex ‘Marriage’
by Joseph Pelletier, Church Militant:
Over 1 million Mexicans took to the streets across the country to voice their support for traditional marriage and reject the government’s call for recognition of same-sex “marriage.”
In a string of simultaneous protests held Saturday in more than six Mexican states, natives of the traditionally Catholic nation challenged the push from the government of Pres. Enrique Peña Nieto, a self-described Catholic, to enshrine gay “marriage” in the nation’s constitution. Sponsored by conservative Catholic organization National Front for the Family (NFF), the protests were described by civil protection officers as one of the largest demonstrations in the nation’s history.
The protests, marked by chants of “Viva la familia natural,” or “Long live the natural family,” were comprised of over 1,000 groups, including pro-life organizations, Catholic schools and orphanages.
“I think it was something unprecedented, the awakening of the society of Querétaro in defense of the family,” asserted Jose Alcantara with the NFF, speaking of the protest held in the north-central Mexican state. In the state of Querétaro alone, Alcantara noted, over 100,000 signed their names to a petition challenging the push for same-sex “marriage.”
“Marriage is between a man and woman for the purpose of procreation,” maintained Catholic and mother of two, Ariadna León, who took part in the Tijuana protest. “We are asking for the respect of the nucleus of society, which is the family.”
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