Venezuela's Civil Unions Debate Intensifies

The public debate over a law proposal in the Venezuelan National Assembly (AN) that would legalize same-sex civil unions intensified this week, as Venezuela's Episcopal Church publicly condemned the proposal, and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) activists responded. The proposed Organic Law for Gender Equity and Equality has passed through one round of discussion in the National Assembly and will now face a second round of discussions and a final vote, according to National Assembly Legislator Romelia Matute. Matute is a proponent of the controversial Article 8 of the law proposal, which, if included in the final draft, will establish that "every person has the right to exercise their preferred sexual orientation and identity freely and without any form of discrimination, and as a consequence, the state will recognize co-living associations [civil unions] constituted between two people of the same sex by mutual agreement." Full Story from Upside Down World

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