The high court ruling to uphold Mexico City’s adoption law comes just 2 weeks after the justices upheld a law allowing same sex couples to marry…and to have those marriages recognized nationwide. One of the justices said that refusing adoption rights to same sex couples would be tantamount to constitutionalized discrimination.

The challenges against Mexico City’s marriage and adoption codes were brought by the federal government. The ruling party of President Felipe Calderon, the PAN, is often in ideological alignment with the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic church. Mexico City is a stronghold of the left-leaning PRD party and has passed a number of reforms that run contrary to conservative Catholic doctrine.

The Mexican capitol began to recognize marriage and adoption by same sex couples earlier this year. Mexico City has the country’s most lenient divorce laws and is one of the few places in Latin America where a woman can obtain a legal and on-demand first trimester abortion.