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Cuba set to debate draft constitution paving way for gay marriage
BY KATELL ABIVEN (AFP) NOV 15, 2018 IN WORLD
A draft new constitution for Cuba that paves the way for same-sex marriage as well as the right to private property was ready to go before lawmakers on Thursday for fine-tuning ahead of a referendum next year.
The government on Thursday formally wound-up three months of consultative debates in town halls, workplaces and universities across the Communist-run island of 11 million people.
"The people can be proud of having built a constitution," said the head of the state council, Homero Acosta, one of the architects of the project.
A commission of Communist Party experts will submit an amended text to the National Assembly for approval in December, ahead of a referendum on February 24.
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