The Cuban Constitution does not ban same-sex marriage. Until 2019, Article 36 contained language defining marriage as between a man and a woman. This was repealed in a February 2019 referendum.[55] The current Constitution states that "marriage is a social and legal institution. ... It is based on free will and equality of rights, obligations and legal capacity of the spouses."[1] Nonetheless, statutory laws still contain prohibitions on same-sex marriage, and the country does not recognize civil unions or any other kind of partnership.[56]
A major public campaign by LGBT groups began in late 2017 to amend the Constitution to allow same-sex marriage.[57] In July 2018, the National Assembly approved a new draft constitution which recognized same-sex marriage in Article 68. Amidst pressure from evangelical churches who opposed same-sex marriage—even though President Miguel Díaz-Canel expressed his support for same-sex marriage that September[58]—the National Assembly withdrew the language on 18 December 2018.[59][60][61] As a result of removing the article, same-sex marriage is neither prohibited nor regulated by the new Cuban Constitution. Had the article remained in the draft, it would have needed to go to a referendum in February 2019.[62][63][64] Nevertheless, media outlets spoke of a "revolution within a revolution" or of a "rainbow revolution", and pointed out how quickly the political and societal landscape for LGBT rights has changed, as just a few decades back Cuba imprisoned gay men in labor camps.[65][66]
The National Assembly and Mariela Castro have stated that same-sex marriage will be legalized through a Family Code amendment instead. In March 2019, the Government began popular consultations to look into legalizing same-sex marriage in the Family Code.[67]
It's just the ****ing church that tries everything to stop it.
They're not really concerned about Cuba being a dictatorship, but LGBTQ rights, oh, that's really some kind of issue we have to stop at all costs...
The Cuban church is by far the bigger evil over the Cuban government.