Current laws aren't discriminatory enough for Governor Fortuño:
“While Puerto Rican laws already ban
same-sex marriages and prohibit the recognition of same-sex marriages
from other jurisdictions, religious organizations fear the laws could
be changed by future governing administrations and thus are seeking a
constitutional ban on gay marriages….Previous attempts at the local
Legislature to approve a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, such
as the so-called Resolution 99, have failed…Gay rights activist Pedro Julio
Serrano blasted the governor over his position on same-sex marriage. ‘Finally, we learn the truth about his posture on Resolution 99. For
months, he hid behind a language so as not to appear that he was
discriminating but he has now done the opposite … It is inconceivable
for a governor to support having one group of citizens abused against a
minority … As the world moves towards the recognition of same-sex
rights, just as Portugal did, in granting today same-sex marriage, in
Puerto Rico we want to perpetuate injustice and discrimination,' he
said.”
(via joe)
