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Piedras Negras, Mexico – A Roman Catholic bishop in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila on Friday called the first civil union of a lesbian couple “a disgrace.”
Karla Lopez and Karina Almaguer, both 29 and of Matamoros, across from Brownsville, Texas, on Wednesday became Mexico’s first gay couple to register a civil union, in the Coahuila city of Saltillo.
Bishop Alonso Garza said he lamented that the state had attracted international attention for “this kind of situation.”
The Coahuila law, which provides gay couples with numerous social benefits similar to those of married couples, was approved by the state legislature Jan. 11 by a vote of 20-13. State Gov. Humberto Moreira later signed the law.
