Mexico: Immense pro-family rally
Pro-family rally in Guadalajara, September 10, 2016.
Since May 25, 2016, Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto has been working to generalize civil unions between homosexual persons by reforming the country’s constitution and presenting various bills to the legislature. Until now, even though Mexico City was the first city of Latin America to adopt this sort of legalization (civil unions in 2007, “homosexual marriage” in 2009), the majority of Mexican states (21 out of 31) had not adopted these laws against nature. The reform of the Civil Code and of Article 4 of the Mexican Constitution went to generalize the promotion of a whole series of immoral behaviours.
The measures currently under examination by Parliament go so far as adoption of children by persons of the same sex, the possibility of changing one’s gender without even the authorization of one’s parent of guardian, the reform of school textbooks so that children are taught all possible deviations from the moral law without the possibility of parental opposition, and the establishment of sanctions against those who fight gender ideology.
A National Front of familiies (Frente nacional) has rapidly arisen in the country to unite energies and defend the family. Since the month of May, ongoing petitions, conferences and protests have been held in every city in Mexico. Other than the public squares, protestors gathered in front of the Institutional Revolutionary Party’s offices, party of the current president. This organization is a member of the socialist International, the heir to the National Revolutionary Party founded in 1929 by General Plutarco Elias Calles, who fought against the Cristeros. The National Front has also protested before the diplomatic representatives of Mexico in Peru, Colombia, Brazil, Chili, Salvador, Spain and the USA.
On September 10, 2016, 130 marches were organized throughout the entire country, reassembling over 1.2 million people. The majority of the participants marched dressed in white and praying the rosary. On September 24, an immense protest took place in the streets of the federal capital, with over 400,000 participants. This march for the family and for life received the support of Pope Francis on September 25. He expressed from Rome at the Angelus blessing on St. Peter’s square his union in prayer with the bishop of Mexico in order to “support the efforts of the Church and of civil society for the family and for life, which at this time are drawing the world’s cultural and pastoral attention.
(Sources: Radio Vatican – Cath-info – SSPX District of Mexico – DICI no. 342, dated Oct. 14, 2016)
