“The bishops are using the weakness of the current administration to push forward their agenda,” says Bernardo Barranco, an expert on religious issues. Others say the government is evidently capitulating to the Church.
The bishops are using the weakness of the current administration to push forward their agenda “As a party they have a responsibility to justice and to the Constitution.” Minority groups want to push the new PRI president to take a stronger stance on the issue. The activist lawyer has asked for a meeting with PRI’s new president, Enrique Ochoa, who took office in July, promising modernization and self-critique. Castañeda says there is a vibrant debate between progressives and conservatives within PRI. “They have not made a decision as a parliamentary group,” says Lol Lin Castañeda, the first lesbian to get married in Mexico in 2010 and one the women writing the first constitution of Mexico City. “My impression is that it is not a priority issue today in the country and it is not an issue that Mexican society is pushing forward,” he said this week.Īctivist groups, however, remain hopeful. Emilio Gamboa, a veteran politician and Senate majority leader, did not paint an auspicious future for the proposal. César Camacho, former PRI president and leader of the Chamber of Deputies, was the first to say that the measure would only be looked at after the group had dealt with an “enormous, almost endless, extensive” list of issues. When Congress convenes for a new session on September 1, the president’s proposal will start its countdown toward oblivion. La Iglesia vence al PRI en su pulso por los matrimonios igualitarios