Posted on 07/21/2018 1:04:38 PM PDT by Olog-hai
The draft of Cuba’s new constitution opens the path to same-sex marriage, a government official said on Saturday, which would make the country that once persecuted homosexuals an unlikely leader in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights.
In the early years of Fidel Castro’s 1959 revolution, many homosexuals were sent to correctional labor camps, part of an institutionalized homophobia for which Castro later apologized.
Yet Communist-run Cuba has made great strides over the past decade on LGBT rights, approving sex-change operations and banning workplace discrimination, partly thanks to the high-profile advocacy of Castro’s niece Mariela Castro.
Proposals to recognize same-sex unions had stalled in view of the slow legislative process and lingering stigma in the macho society.
That will start to change with the new constitution that will replace Cuba’s 1976 Soviet-era Magna Carta, the secretary of the council of state, Homero Acosta, told lawmakers on Saturday. …
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wow. Gays can do destination weddings in Cuba now.
sarcasm......
“At the Copa...Copa Cabana.....”
Maybe our homosexuals can relocate to that socialist paradise. They can call their neighborhood The Castro.
Commies write laws for show, then ignore them. Without courts that will follow the law, they’re just ink on paper. Liberals here prove that.
Cuba was one of the worst places on the planet for gays when Fidel Castro was alive. There are a LOT of rumors about Raul, though.
A queer commie wouldn’t necessarily feel empathy for other queers. They have none for anybody.
It’s been said that it’s much easier for a gay person to come out to a conservative, than it is for a gay person to tell another gay person that they are conservative.
And WE’RE the intolerant ones!!! SMH
Libtardism and social justice was started by commies as a grotesque parody of a combination of traditional liberalism and communism to weaken the West. But it got out of their control and ended up outliving the Iron curtain.
Seems like a convenient spot to send them all. Let 'em cut sugar cane for Fidel (not a euphemism) for the rest of their lives. Thanks Olog-hai.
Cuba joins the rest of the West on the road to total destruction.
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