200,000 Puerto Ricans protest against same-sex 'marriage’'
More than 200,000 Christians gathered last week in Puerto Rico’s capital in protest of proposals that would introduce same-sex ‘marriages’, saying that they are standing up for traditional values and protecting the family.
Campaign
The “Puerto Rico Stands Up” campaign has been drawing hundreds of thousands of believers from the beginning of the week in the capital city of San Juan, bringing traffic to a standstill as the homosexual rights debate in the U.S commonwealth nation continues.
Puerto Rico currently does not recognise same-sex unions of any kind. It is still a notably religious territory, with the Roman Catholic Church, which officially opposes homosexual marriage, claiming over two-thirds of the population.
Concerned
Vazquez Muniz, spokesman for Puerto Rico for the family, the organization behind the protest. “….We are concerned that laws will be created to discriminate against the church...We are concerned that public education will be used to change our children, presenting them with behaviors their parents don’t think are correct.”
Muniz added “This demonstration tells the government that there are things that they cannot touch and those are marriage and family.”
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