Says the law should not distinguish between first- and second-class people.
District 17 Deputy Maria Dolores Lopez Jara. Photo: El Occidental.
Redaction.- District 17 Deputy Maria Dolores Lopez Jara said she was in favor of the package of legal amendments to recognize equal marriage, gender identity and the prohibition of conversion therapies.
From the tribune of the Congress of Jalisco, the legislator from Jocotepec defended initiatives aimed at recognition of LGTBTTIQ+ community rights. López Jara stressed that the law should not support privileges for one group of people over another.
“In this country there are no first- and second-class people,” she said. “Human dignity is what counts. Our value is in how human we are – how good or wrong we are, not for what we prefer or what we like. To put it simply, human dignity is not bargained. I insist – there are no first- or second-class people,” she emphasized.
Saying that even if it represents her “political tomb,” López Jara defended human rights over political repercussions, as an act of congruence with her person and her family.
“I don’t know what legacy you want to leave,” she said with emotion. “I just want to leave a legacy for my daughter, and that is called congruence. I want to tell you – neither my love nor my family is less worthy than yours, yours or yours.”
The three initiatives were approved by the local Congress on Thursday, April 7, in a session that lasted until the wee hours of the morning.
Translated by Mike Rogers
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