“Love is now the law,” Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel tweeted in response to the news.
HAVANA — Cubans have approved a sweeping “family law” code that would allow same-sex couples to marry and adopt as well as redefining rights for children and grandparents, officials said Monday, though opposition in the national referendum was unusually strong on the Communist Party-governed island.
Cuban elections — in which no party other than the Communist is allowed — routinely produce victory margins of more than 90% — as did a referendum on a major constitutional reform in 2019. President Miguel Díaz-Canel, who has promoted the law acknowledged questions about the measure as he voted on Sunday.“Most of our people will vote in favor of the code, but it still has issues that our society as a whole does not understand,” he said.Passage “is to pay a debt to various generation of Cubans whose domestic plans had been waiting years for this law,” he added. “As of today, we will be a better nation.
A major supporter of the measure was Mariela Castro, director of the National Center for Sex Education, a promoter of rights for same-sex couples, daughter of former President Raul Castro and niece of his brother Fidel.
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