HAVANA (AP) — Cuba says language promoting the legalization of gay marriage will be removed from the draft of a new constitution after widespread popular rejection of the idea.
Gay rights advocates had proposed eliminating the description of marriage as a union of a man and woman, changing it to the union of "two people ... with absolutely equal rights and obligations."
That change drew protests from evangelical churches and ordinary citizens in public meetings on the new constitution.
Cuba's National Assembly announced on Twitter on Tuesday that a powerful commission responsible for revising the constitution has proposed eliminating the language from the new charter "as a way of respecting all opinions."
The constitution would instead be silent on the issue, leaving open the possibility of a future legalization without specifically promoting it.
