MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican federal prosecutors announced Wednesday that they will try to overturn Mexico City’s gay marriage law, which allows same-sex couples to adopt children, on the grounds it violates the constitution.
The Mexico City law, approved in December and due to take effect in March, is the first of its kind in Latin America.
The federal Attorney General’s Office said in a statement that it believes the law "violates the principle of legality, because it strays from the constitutional principle of protecting the family."