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Gay Rights Activists and Catholics Clash in Guadalajara, Mexico

For the second time in as many days, LGBT rights activists and a devout Roman Catholics faced off  "and yelled insults" at each other at a protest in Guadalajara, Mexico, reports the Associated Press.

Some 200 gay rights activists waved rainbow flags and held signs reading "Thank God I'm gay" at a plaza next to the cathedral in Guadalajara on Sunday. A similar number of protesters opposed to gay marriage prayed at the cathedral's doors. One of them ripped up a sign held by a gay rights activist, prompting screaming by both sides. It was the second confrontation in two days in Guadalajara, where Cardinal Juan Sandoval Iniguez stirred controversy by suggesting Mexico's Supreme Court was bribed to uphold a Mexico City law allowing adoptions by homosexual couples.

Cardinal Juan Sandoval Iniguez claimed Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrand bribed the Supreme Court to uphold the capitol's law allowing same sex marriage and adoption by same-sex couples in the capital. Mayor Ebrand filed a defamation suit against the Cardinal.

His Eminence also made this choice remark on same-sex families: "Would you want to be adopted by a pair of faggots or lesbians?"

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Mexico City Mayor Sues Guadalajara Bishop for Defamation Over Same Sex Marriage Accusations

More on an escalating battle between church and state in Mexico that R20 mentioned on Tuesday and Wednesday. Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrand has filed a defamation suit against Cardinal Juan Sandoval Iniguez of Guadalajara after the archbishop publicly accused the mayor of bribing the Supreme Court to uphold the capitol's law allowing same sex marriage and adoption by same-sex couples, reports the LA Times.

Sandoval made the allegations Sunday during an event in Aguascalientes. He also used a slur against gays while decrying the recent high court decisions that were called victories for the gay-rights communit. Church authorities were not backing down. Sandoval said Monday he would not retract his comments, and the archdiocese in Guadalajara later said it had proof of the allegations against the Supreme Court justices. Statements in support were issued from the archdiocese in Mexico City, while the Bishops' Conference of Mexico also said it supports Sandoval.

The exact quote by His Eminence: "Would you want to be adopted by a pair of faggots or lesbians?" The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico also calls gay marriage worse than drug trafficking, btw.

The Mexico Supreme Court voted unanimously to rebuke Cardinal Juan Sandoval Iniguez.

Mayor Marcelo Ebrand for the win: "We live in a secular state, and here, whether we like it or not, the law rules the land. The cardinal must submit to the law of the land, like all other citizens of this country."