Mexico City, Mexico - Since during his gubernatorial campaign Governor Aristoteles Sandoval promoted the legalization of homosexual unions, the President of the Diversity Sustainability Cohesion (Codise) Jaime Cobian recently reminded Sandoval of his promises, and demanded that he take action to fulfill his commitments.

Cobian said that while local legislators have already presented proposals against discrimination and in favor of respect and recognition to Congress, unfortunately there has been no progress in Jalisco because it is still engrossed in the Ley de Libre Convivencia (Free Coexistence Law) proposed by Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) Enrique Velázquez on April 18.

Although Jaime Cobian asked that the initiative be put under discussion in Congress, on the grounds that it would be a step forward, he said he does not agree with the Ley de Sociedades de Convivencia (Society Coexistence Law) because the concept does not grant homosexuals the same legal rights and recognitions enjoyed by heterosexual couples.

Finally he said that, to date, seven couples (4 lesbian and 3 gay) have asked to be legally recognized, however, they have been denied by the Jalisco Civil Registry on the grounds that there is no law regulating this procedure.

This is the sixth consecutive year that civil organizations for sexual minorities have applied to the State Congress to reform the Civil Code to recognize same sex marriages.