Cuba dijo Sí
www.granma.cu
La mayoría ha elegido un nuevo Código de las Familias, uno que retrata el país que somos y el que queremos ser

I was honestly very worried that the gusanos and papists would have prevented the passing of this family code. I doomscrolled on Twitter and saw a surprising number of anti-communist Cubans, CIA cutouts and reich-wing fascist rejects either refusing to vote or admitting to voting no or advocating for regime change, but this warms my heart.

  • SovereignState@lemmygrad.ml
    23·
    2 years ago

    Regardless of all the other shit going wrong globally, today is a fantastic day. The first Marxist-Leninist nation in the world to ratify same sex marriage. I’m goddamn ecstatic.

  • Makan@lemmygrad.ml
    22·
    2 years ago

    I was watching this all very closely.

    I know a friend living in the United States who is Cuban who is excited about this. Not Cuban-American but Cuban. He’s gay.

  • Makan@lemmygrad.ml
    19·
    2 years ago

    My district organizer went to Cuba a few times. It’s a great place. Moves you in everything that happened and the struggle for existence of that country.

  • ilyinichna@lemmygrad.ml
    9·
    2 years ago

    So what exactly does the family code entail? I’ve seen a lot of people who are talking about how amazing it is but haven’t seen any details on what it actually does

    • Seanchaí (she/her)@lemmygrad.ml
      24·
      2 years ago

      The referendum to the Family Code changes the way that families are legalized in Cuba (among other things).

      For instance: same-sex marriage is legalized.

      Non-traditional family units are legalized (trans families, single-parent households, kinship by affinity, etc).

      Terms defining “parental authority” have been updated to “parental responsibility” and “progressive autonomy,” meaning the law codifies further rights and protections of children, allowing them, as they age, to assert progressive autonomy, and building the rights of the parents around their responsibilities to the care of their children and not around their authority over the children.

      Adoption rights and surrogacy rights have been increased.

      Custody rights have been altered to allow separated families to easier develop structures of joint custody and parenting schemes.

      The rights of elders have been strengthened, meaning that the elderly retain autonomy to choose where they live. This is something that you see, for instance, sorely lacking in America where elderly people are “put in homes” against their wills.

      Caregiver rights have also been strengthened, meaning there are increased support networks for caregivers (of children, the elderly, or the disabled).

      It’s not just a same-sex marriage thing, it’s an entirely different approach to protecting the rights of families and fostering a more open and inclusive family dynamic that encourages diverse relationships far beyond traditional nuclear families.

      Edit: it also makes marriage of minors illegal. Gotta be 18!!!