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Cuba removes support for gay marriage in new constitution after protests
Source: Associated Press
Cuba removes support for gay marriage in new constitution after protests
Associated Press
Wed 19 Dec 2018 03.24 GMT
Cuba’s government has backed away from enshrining gay marriage protections in its new constitution after widespread popular rejection of the idea.
Gay rights advocates had proposed eliminating the description in the constitution of marriage as a union of a man and woman, changing it to the union of “two people ... with absolutely equal rights and obligations.” But the government said on Tuesday that language promoting the legalisation of gay marriage would be removed from the draft.
That proposed language in support of same-sex marriage drew protests from evangelical churches and citizens in months of public meetings on the new constitution. State media said that Cubans had made 192,408 comments on Article 68, with the majority asking to eliminate it.
The new constitution, known as the Magna Carta – which also recognises private property for the first time since the Cold War – will be put to a referendum later this year.
Cuba’s National Assembly announced on Twitter that a powerful commission responsible for revising the constitution had proposed eliminating the language from the new charter “as a way of respecting all opinions.”
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Associated Press
Wed 19 Dec 2018 03.24 GMT
Cuba’s government has backed away from enshrining gay marriage protections in its new constitution after widespread popular rejection of the idea.
Gay rights advocates had proposed eliminating the description in the constitution of marriage as a union of a man and woman, changing it to the union of “two people ... with absolutely equal rights and obligations.” But the government said on Tuesday that language promoting the legalisation of gay marriage would be removed from the draft.
That proposed language in support of same-sex marriage drew protests from evangelical churches and citizens in months of public meetings on the new constitution. State media said that Cubans had made 192,408 comments on Article 68, with the majority asking to eliminate it.
The new constitution, known as the Magna Carta – which also recognises private property for the first time since the Cold War – will be put to a referendum later this year.
Cuba’s National Assembly announced on Twitter that a powerful commission responsible for revising the constitution had proposed eliminating the language from the new charter “as a way of respecting all opinions.”
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/19/cuba-removes-support-for-gay-marriage-in-new-constitution-after-protests
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