Page OneQ is reporting on proposals in Cuba that would provide legal recognition of same sex couples (http://pageoneq.com/news/2008/Cuba_considering_legal_recognition_of_samesex_cou_0121.html). It is a pretty sad day when Communist Cuba is considering more progressive and equality based legislation than the Congress of the USA. But that is the sad reality here under the Christianist dominated GOP and the regime of the Chimperator. As I have said before, the USA's claim to be the beacon of liberty and the land of the free becomes more of a farce with every passing day. Here are some highlights:
Cuba's Communist Party is considering legal recognition of same-sex couples, reports the Spanish news agency EFE.In a January 17th story the news agency quoted Psychologist Mariela Castro, director of the Cenesex sex-education center, as saying that the proposed changes to Cuban family law would put members of same-sex unions on par with heterosexual couples.Mariela Castro is the daughter of acting President Raul Castro and niece of Fidel Castro.
However, the proposal does is not intended to recognize marriage, but simply legal recognition of their relationship. Castro stated that he agency's research showed that the principal needs of Cuban homosexuals "are related to the right to their recognition as consensual couples, as non-matrimonial couples, but that authorities recognize their property and inheritance rights in those non-legalized unions."
Cenesex was established in 1989 as a department of Public Health Ministry with the mission to help homosexuals, AIDS vicitims, and battered women, among others.The Cuban Communist Party has yet to decide on the proposal.
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