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Tamaulipas, a border state, became the 32nd of Mexico's states to approve same-sex unions after lawmakers there voted Wednesday night to do so.

With 23 votes in favour, 12 votes against, and 2 abstentions, the proposal to change the state's Civil Code was approved, prompting chants of "Yes, we can!" from the change's proponents.

Legislators eventually relocated to another chamber to wrap up their discussion and vote while those in favour and opposing the measure screamed and shouted from the balcony during the session.

Arturo Zaldvar, the president of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, praised the outcome. "A big rainbow spans the entire nation. Live up to everyone else's rights and dignity. On Twitter, he declared, "Love is love.

Legislators in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero had adopted a measure permitting same-sex unions the day before.