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Thu24Jan2008

Puerto Rico OKs Gay Marriage Ban Referendum

14:49 H | Topics: Family - GLBT - Puerto Rico

puerto_rico.gifOpponents of rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people in Puerto Rico have pushed for a referendum to ban gay marriage on the island, and the government is letting it happen.

Puerto Rico's governor said Wednesday he would not block a referendum to toughen a ban on same-sex marriage in the U.S. island territory even though he believes the proposed constitutional amendment is unnecessary and divisive.

Gov. Anibal Acevedo Vila told reporters he would sign the bill authorizing a May referendum if the measure gets the required two-thirds majority of votes in the island's House of Representatives. It has already passed in the Senate.

The measure, Resolution 99, would establish that marriage is between two partners of the opposite sex.

It's a sad day when Cuba is significantly more progressive on a human rights issue than Puerto Rico. What happened to this?

Via / USA Today

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1. Ramón ~ Thursday, Jan 24 2008 | 20:54H:

"It's a sad day when Cuba is significantly more progressive on a human rights issue than Puerto Rico."
Cuba doesn't have the divisive protestants diligently working to keep the people at odds with one another, while it fleeces them in the name of religion.

2. Jennifer Woodard Maderazo ~ Thursday, Jan 24 2008 | 22:55H:

You got that right, and that actually applies to the U.S. as well.

3. Ramón ~ Friday, Jan 25 2008 | 01:02H:

People have always been quick to point the finger at the church and it heinous behavior, but the one thing that the church has practiced, to the benefit of the people is flagrant hypocrisy. As long as it got its cut it was willing to look the other way, especially in Latin America. It saw that riding rough-shod would produce a backlash; like it saw in Mexico. So it spewed doctrine and looked the other way.
In contrast, the protestant cults, like their Anglo tent preachers have wanted nothing but power & money, yet its only by-product is guilt. It has preyed on the weak and ignorant, disguised as some "guiding light".
These quacks brings nothing to the Latino table.
The social reforms that are so necessary throughout Latin America won't happen as long as the people continue to give those charlatans power.
Puerto Rican society is under siege from these goons, so it shouldn't come as a surprise if Cuba tries to make amends to the gay community. Uruguay is doing it, and it's gaining momentum elsewhere; too bad that the people of Puerto Rico have to bend yet again to foreign meddlers. Divide and conquer.

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