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Gay adoptions upheld: The Mexican Supreme Court this week upheld a Mexico City law allowing gay couples to adopt children. The ruling comes just a week after the court ruled that gay marriages conducted in Mexico City—which in March became the only Mexican city to legalize such unions—must be recognized in all of Mexico. In response, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico City called for the ouster of Mayor Marcelo Ebrard. “He and his government have created laws destructive to the family, laws that do worse damage than drug trafficking,” said Hugo Valdemar, spokesman for the archdiocese.

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