Panama's Supreme Court ruled that the ability to enter into a same-sex marriage is not a 'fundamental right' as gay rights supporters claim they are invisible in the country.
Alyssa Farah Griffin said that the GOP was on the "wrong side" of the same-sex marriage issue and that it should have been an easy vote in favor of the Respect for Marriage Act for House Republicans., saying that it is not a human right, closing the door to establishing the practice through judicial ruling.
A woman holds a sign reading In case you haven't noticed, we are sovereign during a protest against same-sex marriage, outside the Supreme Court of Justice, in Panama City, on October 07, 2020. - Protesters demanded Supreme Court magistrates not to accept a claim of unconstitutionality against article 26 of the Family Code, which only recognizes the union between a man and a woman.
The ruling also complicates issues of inheritance law and raises difficulties with potential medical decisions among other legal questions. from the Interamerican Court of Human Rights, which decreed same-sex couples had the same rights as heterosexual couples, which applied to all members – including Panama.
"Recently, the National Assembly of Panama passed a new law on adoptions, which included a prohibition on adoption by same-sex couples.," Barahona said."Even though the president partially vetoed this law, he did not object to these discriminatory provisions."
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