Mexican Bishop Claims Allowing Gay Couples To Marry Will Lead To Man-Dog Unions
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- On Top Magazine Staff
- | September 30, 2014
Jose Maria de la Torre Martin, the bishop of the Diocese of Aguascalientes, Mexico, found himself in hot water after criticizing a proposed state law that seeks to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry.
If approved by lawmakers, Aguascalientes – the state – would become only the second Mexican state behind Coahuila to recognize such unions. Gay couples can also marry in the federal district of Mexico City, where lawmakers approved a marriage law in 2009. Such unions have also taken place in Quintana Roo, where the state's civil code is gender neutral.
(Related: Thousands protest start of gay marriage law in Saltillo, Mexico.)
At a press conference earlier this month, De la Torre described gays as “inverted.”
“That's the problem: Inverted values,” he said. “There is a perverse philosophy out to destroy and rebuild, but in reverse.”
The Catholic bishop claimed this week that allowing gay couples to marry will lead to “allowing a man to marry a dog and they can inherit the puppies,” according to local sources.