Mayor threatens suit if cardinal doesn't apologize
Mexico City's leftist mayor said Tuesday he will take legal action if a Roman Catholic cardinal doesn't apologize for suggesting he bribed the Supreme Court to uphold a city law allowing adoptions by same-sex couples, the Associated Press reports.
Mayor Marcelo Ebrard says that if Cardinal Juan Sandoval Iniguez does not apologize by midnight, he is going to file a slander complaint.
The church opposes the Mexico City law, but the Supreme Court has ruled it constitutional.
Over the weekend, the cardinal suggested the justices may have been paid to uphold the law, using a slang word for corruption that refers to giving feed to livestock.
The court has denied and condemned the accusation.
In a statement, the Mexican Council of Bishops expressed its "solidarity and regards" for Sandoval Iniguez.
The council also stressed its continuing opposition to the adoption law and said "we regret that when these opinions are expressed, there are those who rebuke them and threaten to sound the alarm about intolerance."
"We spoke out, as part of the freedom of expression guaranteed by our democratic system, in opposition to the Supreme Court ruling, without implying any disrespect for the institutions of the Mexican government."
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Ay, Dios Mio, que cabron este Cardenal de la Ciudad! Que Cabron! La Iglesia Catolica es un mar de conocimientos sin una gota de profundidad, y el mentiroso arzobispo chingado esta botando su basura por todas partes. La gente del Distrito no tiene nada en contra a los homsoexuales. Hijoles! Si un hombre quiere casar con hombre, que tiene un sacerdote malcriado para decir en contra??? Dejame decirles una cosa, la iglesia en Mexico esta al punto de destruirse con sus locuras y sus locas.....sus sacerdotes. Muchas locas. Livin' la vida loca. Callense locas!!
Posted by: Senor Palafox | August 17, 2010 11:00 PM