Costa Rica Court Blocks Civil Union Referendum

Yesterday, Costa Rica’s high court blocked the country’s electoral tribunal from placing a referendum on the ballot that would allow voters to decide if same-sex civil unions should be legal.

By a vote of 5-2, the Constitutional Court ruled that a ballot initiative would put a minority at a disadvantage in the largely Roman Catholic country, they view the LGBT community to be a minority which puts it at a disadvantage and make it a target for discrimination. The court also stated in their ruling that civil unions are a legislative issue, not an electoral one.

It would look as though the U.S. could take lessons from some of the countries that are finally recognizing the LGBT community as a minority, and recognize that rights for any one specific group should never be left up to a majority vote

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