Costa Rica Education Minister Resigns Under Evangelical Fire
By Reuters
July 1, 2019 11:33 PM
SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA - Costa Ricas education minister Edgar Mora resigned Monday following protests against policies including his support for gender-neutral bathrooms, in a sign the cultural issues that dominated last years presidential election remain divisive.
Protesters included members of the Pentecostal Christian-aligned opposition party, as well as transportation and education groups. They criticized Mora on multiple fronts, including his proposal to allow transgender students to use the bathroom according to the gender with which they identify.
Catholic, Evangelical opposition
The 2018 election cycle was marked by clashes between Pentecostal Christian candidate Fabricio Alvarado Munoz over his criticism of same-sex marriage and what he called gender ideology that he said was promoted by the center-left ruling party.
Though the center-left candidate prevailed, with the election of President Carlos Alvarado Quesada, nearly 40% of the final vote went to its conservative opponent.
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