Gay-rights activists are celebrating in Puerto Rico after the
Senate passed a sweeping bill that bans discrimination on sexual
orientation and gender identity. The Puerto Rico Senate voted on
May 16, 15-11, to pass Bill 238 just days after San Juan Mayor
Carmen Yulín Cruz issued two executive orders banning
discrimination against the city’s LGBT municipal employees. Now,
the bill moves on to the House and faces hurdles from a group of
lawmakers in the lower chamber who have come out against it. The
bill, though, has one famous supporter. Puerto Rican Ricky
Martin released a statement in support of the law. “The rights
of homosexual people are human rights and human rights are for
everyone,” Martin said in the letter released by his
representative in San Juan. For the original report go to
http://www.passportmagazine.com/blog/archives/28490-puerto-rico-
senate-approves-anti-discrimination-bill-moves-on-to-house.html
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