 The November 2011 general election delivered a landslide victory to the People 's Party , whose leader Mariano Rajoy said that he opposed same @-@ sex marriage , but any decision about repealing the law could be made only after the ruling of the Constitutional Court . On 6 November 2012 , the law was upheld by the Court with 8 support votes and 3 against . Minister of Justice Alberto Ruiz @-@ Gallardón announced that the government will abide the ruling and the law will not be repealed . 
