If approved by Cuban voters next month, the country’s new Family Code will stand as a social revolution, enshrining the right of all people to form a family regardless of sex or gender identity and recognizing a variety of family forms.

The Family Code went through a rigorously democratic process. From the first process of consultation, where more than half of the Family Code was modified, to the second part where through the mass participation of Cuban people over 40% was modified, the collective process of the enactment of legislation becomes clear.

The Family Code was also written in understandable language so that the Cuban people could easily comprehend the legalities involved. The code is intended not just for use in courts of law, but also as an educational document for families to use as a guideline to understand their rights and responsibilities.

The final step of the process, the national referendum, will serve to legitimize the Family Code. It doesn’t impose any kind of model on Cuban families; rather, it protects all people and families, and future families, as required under the Cuban constitution.

  • Neers94@lemmygrad.ml
    15·
    2 years ago

    The Catholic church unfortunately has had influence on this in Cuba, hopefully they can pull an Ireland and turn it around.

  • d-RLY?@lemmy.ml
    14·
    2 years ago

    Fucking inspiring and shows how much more the masses are involved. The US doesn’t have anywhere as much public involvement in our laws and especially our leaders don’t make said laws written in language the average person can understand. Legalese being the language of the ruling elite needs to end. Every time I try to read a bill as-written, I feel so stupid because it seems that every sentence has been so over written intentionally. They are written so they can still get around them and therefore only used to keep the masses oppressed. Also feels like 80~95% is just bullshit extra fluff, like how students do in order to meet a page requirement.

    • ksynwa@lemmygrad.mlOP
      6·
      2 years ago

      They have to justify the existence of the parasites like the ones known as ‘Harvard law grads’ somehow

  • AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml
    11·
    2 years ago

    Western “democracy”: vote on which rich white senile asshole gets free reign to make laws for however many years.

    Cuban “dictatorship”: vote on the actual laws that were written with public input, in language with the general public actually understanding it in mind.