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Article: CUBA: PROPOSED GAY-RIGHTS LAW WOULD LEGALIZE CIVIL UNIONS.
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- Interpress Service
- Article date:
- June 18, 2007
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By Dalia Acosta
HAVANA, Jun. 15, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Cuba could become the first Caribbean island nation to recognize the civil and inheritance rights of gay and lesbian couples, if lawmakers and Communist Party officials approve a proposed reform of the Family Code.
"I can't guarantee that it will reach parliament this year," said sexologist Mariela Castro, director of the governmental National Center for Sex Education. "That is our hope, but it does not depend on us, and of course, it is facing a great deal of resistance," she said.
Opponents of the measure argue that "Cuban society is not prepared" or that "this is not the right time" for such ...