Gay Marriage Axed in Cuba Before it Became Law
HAVANA TIMES – Cuba’s National Assembly said on Tuesday that language opening the way to the legalization of same-sex marriage will be removed from the draft of the country’s new constitution to “respect all opinions,” reported dpa news.
In a major victory for homophobes on the Caribbean Island, including many members of the Communist Party, a parliamentary commission responsible for drafting the constitution proposed to omit language defining marriage as the union of “two people … with absolutely equal rights and obligations,” following protests by evangelical churches and some citizens.
The Vatican will also be pleased with the decision.
“The Commission proposes to defer the concept of marriage, that is, to leave it out of the Constitution, as a way to respect all opinions,” the National Assembly said in a tweet.
They gave the impression that maybe by the year 2050, Cuba will be ready for such a step of equal rights.
The move comes despite the pledge by the new president, Miguel Diaz-Canel, to “eliminate all kinds of discrimination from society.”
Communist Party leader Raul Castro and his daughter Mariela, a lawmaker known as Cuba’s highest-profile advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual rights, have yet to comment on the parliamentary backstepping on homosexual rights.
The new constitution, which has already won initial acceptance from parliament and will replace the 1976 constitution, will be submitted to a referendum in February 2019.
The move to drop same-sex marriage as a possibility in Cuba, may have come out of fear of No votes. The controversy presented a situation where dissident voices on the one side, opposed to the one-party Communist State, and homophobes on the other, could have been strange bed fellows in opposing the new Constitution.
The document reaffirms the eternal socialist nature of the political system and the dominant role of the Communist Party, the only legal political party on the Island.
This is yet more inaccurate reporting by Havana Times. When will you begin fact checking before you publish? Havana Times has become nothing but sensationalist garbage at best, and outright lies that damage the reputation of the whole country at worst. This article proves the latter.
Anyone from the US, please ignore this fake news rag. Best to come to Cuba and experience it for yourself. This is the most gay-friendly Latin American country I’ve ever visited, and I come back every year.
There is power change hands!! The symbol of gays, lost his power!! RAUL CASTRO!! Have not balls to contradict the new president,so is forced to be in the closet,in the name of the party…… jejejejej no rainbow colors in publics offices.hope so manys if ,is not most of cubans are gays !! Can wait 30 years ,so gays can take power like here in so-called free worlds,gays lawmakers,in Congress pass laws allowing gays to get married!! Meanwhile stay in!!
@ Orange Cruz
Yes because if gay marriage is legal everyone becomes gay and stops having kids! Meanwhile if you ban it all gay people are going to bump the birth rate up to replacement. What fantasy argument is this? There are factors which affect birth rate but gay marriage isn’t one of them.
Depopulation perhaps?! The illuminati are not true Christian, their agenda is for everyone to be homosexual. The vatican is the hell of the earth; they have been raping the earth and men for hundreds of yrs. The vstican is a worthless mafia.
A shameful and socially conservative coalition of Old School Christians and Old School Communists.
i knew that was going to happend, wait for my article when i explain details about why.
Communist Party of Cuba (CPC) = Conservative Party of Cuba (CPC)