Mexico governor speaks out against gay marriages

The governor of Mexico’s northern Jalisco state said gay marriages disgust him.

Governor Emilio Gonzalez said marriage should be between a man and a woman.

He added, in his words, “that other thing, as they say, still grosses me out”.

Mr Gonzalez spoke at a forum on family in Guadalajara city.

Guadalajara has been a focal point of Mexico’s debate over gay marriage, which sharpened after Mexico City enacted a law in December allowing same-sex couples to wed and adopt children.

Cardinal Juan Sandoval, the archbishop of Guadalajara, stirred controversy by suggesting that Mexico City’s government bribed the Supreme Court to uphold the law in August.

Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard filed a defamation suit against the Cardinal.