Mexican state of Sonora approves same-sex marriage

FILE PHOTO: Members of Mexico's LGBT community are pictured as they mark Pride month in Mexico City, Mexico, June 26, 2021. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The congress of the Mexican state of Sonora voted on Thursday to legalize same-sex marriage, meaning that about three quarters of the country's regions have now made the practice legal.

Lawmakers in the legislature of Sonora, a large northern state that borders Arizona and New Mexico in the United States, approved the change in the law with 26 votes in favor and seven against.