Same-sex marriage in Baja California
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Same-sex marriage has been legal in Baja California since 3 November 2017 when the Secretary General of Government, Francisco Rueda Gómez, instructed the state's civil registry to immediately begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples and cease enforcement of the state's same-sex marriage ban. This was in line with jurisprudence established by the Mexican Supreme Court, which has ruled that same-sex marriage bans violate Articles 1 and 4 of the Constitution of Mexico. Previously, Baja California had banned same-sex marriage both by statute and in its state constitution.
On 16 June 2021, the Congress of Baja California passed legislation to remove a same-sex marriage ban added to the State Constitution in 2011 and to amend the Civil Code to recognize the right of same-sex couples to marry.