Cuba approves same-sex marriage in historic turnabout

9/28/22

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from The Washington Post,
9/26/22:

Cubans approved a measure to legalize same-sex marriage, part of a new family code that’s among the most progressive in Latin America, defying a long tradition of machismo on the island.

Around two-thirds of voters backed the code in a referendum on Sunday, according to near-complete returns announced by state media on Monday morning. The balloting followed a lengthy consultation process featuring 79,000 neighborhood meetings that triggered an outpouring of more than 300,000 suggestions from citizens.

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