Under Obama admin pressure, Cuba considers recognizing homosexual unions
January 24, 2011 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - As the administration of President Barack Obama budgets hundreds of thousands of dollars to homosexual dissident groups in Cuba , the island’s communist government is looking at pass legislation normalizing gay unions. Mariela Castro , the daughter of Cuban president Raul Castro , told Cuba’s state-run press this week that homosexual unions are now “included in the legislative plan for 2012.” Mariela Castro “At this time, the proposal of a bill for the modification of the Family Code is being analyzed by specialists from the Ministry of Justice and by professionals affiliated with the National Union of Cuban Jurists,” Castro told Cuba Sí. During the interview, Castro referred specifically to the $300,000 budgeted by the U.S. State Department in 2011 to, “strengthen the inclusion of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender ( LGBT ) community” on the island. Castro accused the U.S. government of promoting “media campaigns to discredit the sp