Diaz-Canel went on to say \u201cWe\u2019ve been going through a massive thought evolution and many taboos have been broken.\u201d<\/p>\n
The commission currently drawing up the constitution claims that the decision to strike the amendment was made in the interest of \u201crespecting all opinions.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Cuban National Assembly tweeted that the commission proposed \u201cremoving the concept of matrimony from the project of the constitution as a way to respect all opinions. Matrimony is a social and legal institution.\u201d<\/p>\n
According<\/a> to Gay Star News<\/em> the assembly \u201cfurthermore tweeted that \u2018Article 68 was the one most discussed by the people in the popular consultation, in 66 percent of the meetings (of citizen debate).\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOf the 192,408 opinions, 158,376 propose replacing the measure now in force with the one proposed,\u2019 they furthermore continued, as reported by local state-owned media.<\/p>\n The Catholic Church is powerful in Cuba and has said<\/a> \u201cthe notion of same-sex<\/a> marriage in Cuba was due to \u2018ideological colonialism\u2019 being imposed by richer countries.\u201d<\/p>\n A final version of the new constitution will be put to a vote later this week before Cuban citizens have an opportunity to vote on the popular referendum on February 24 2019.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The post Cuba Strikes Marriage Equality From New Constitution<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad Gay News<\/a>.<\/p>\n