Even the Communists…
What is wrong with this picture? The president of the United States spends his time, energy, and taxpayer money fighting for marriage between one man, one woman while the government of Communist Cuba…
Raul Castro’s daughter spearheads anti-homophobia drive
Monday May 12, 11:54 AM
Source: Agence France-Presse
HAVANA (AFP) – President Raul Castro’s daughter, Mariela, is organizing Cuba’s second anti-homophobia festival this week to boost public awareness of the country’s long-marginalized gay community, this time with the approval of her dad’s government. “There’s political support for this educational strategy. It’s the best thing that’s happened to us,” Mariela Castro said about the backing the National Center for Sexual Education (CENESEX) she heads is receiving from Cuba’s Communist Party.(snip) For as long as Cuba’s communist revolution began nearly 50 years ago, Mariela and her mother have been busy trying to whittle away at the country’s machismo tradition. The week-long festival in Havana and six of Cuba’s 14 provinces, aims to increase public awareness about gay rights through television programs, movies, theater, debates and book fairs, culminating with the International Day Against Homophobia, on May 17. Besides the educational efforts, Mariela’s group is also busy reforming Cuba’s Family Code and has proposed in parliament a bill on freedom of gender — the right to choose one’s gender, and the right to “legal union” for gays. The legal union issue is an effort to sidestep the Catholic Church’s determined opposition to gay marriage rights.
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Raul Castro’s daughter spearheads anti-homophobia drive
Monday May 12, 11:54 AM
Source: Agence France-Presse
HAVANA (AFP) – President Raul Castro’s daughter, Mariela, is organizing Cuba’s second anti-homophobia festival this week to boost public awareness of the country’s long-marginalized gay community, this time with the approval of her dad’s government. “There’s political support for this educational strategy. It’s the best thing that’s happened to us,” Mariela Castro said about the backing the National Center for Sexual Education (CENESEX) she heads is receiving from Cuba’s Communist Party.(snip) For as long as Cuba’s communist revolution began nearly 50 years ago, Mariela and her mother have been busy trying to whittle away at the country’s machismo tradition. The week-long festival in Havana and six of Cuba’s 14 provinces, aims to increase public awareness about gay rights through television programs, movies, theater, debates and book fairs, culminating with the International Day Against Homophobia, on May 17. Besides the educational efforts, Mariela’s group is also busy reforming Cuba’s Family Code and has proposed in parliament a bill on freedom of gender — the right to choose one’s gender, and the right to “legal union” for gays. The legal union issue is an effort to sidestep the Catholic Church’s determined opposition to gay marriage rights.
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Maybe someday our Commie hating country will provide all her citizens with the same non-homophobic legislation.
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