Bolivian Constitution Bans Gay Marriage
11:00 H | Topics: Bolivia - Controversia - GLBT - Society
There was much uproar in Bolivia late last month when it was announced that a new constitution was approved in that country. Among the amendments to the document was a stipulation that seemed to go unnoticed until now; one that writes discrimination into the constitution by defining marriage between a man and a woman.
The Bolivian LGBT community is outraged, while the Bolivian government defended itself saying they "haven't received any requests" on the part of the gay community to include gay marriage as a right in the new constitution and alleges that such a proposal wouldn't have gone anywhere since "Bolivian society is conservative".
15 LGBT groups in Bolivia are fighting back with a document outlining their demands, among them the right to education and employment regardless of sexual orientation.
Via / Ambiente G and La Prensa (Bolivia)
Image via BoliviaGay.com
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1. Ramón ~ Wednesday, Dec 26 2007 | 12:41H:
Why is it so difficult for other governments/societies to follow the South African model?
No one can question the atrocities that millions of people endured in South Africa, but they came out of it having learned a lesson, and trying to create a new society of inclusiveness, despite the staunch opposition of conservatives and the religious fundamentalists and their arcane belief systems aka hate.
Evo Morales, with his quiet man veneer has actually done less than his Mr-Larger-Than-Life neighbor, Hugo Chávez.
Morales' answer is short-sighted and transparently naïve. If he really is a mechanism for change in a nation that has known little if not not discrimination and lack of visibility and representation, he would have taken more time to examine the plight of all of Bolivia's citizens.
Yesterday it was black people, now it's gay people. I think if we dig deeper, we'll find that women's rights are on the back burner too.
I'm disappointed.



