Bolivia to protect gays in constitution

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Bolivia to protect gays in constitution

http://www.tobe.ca/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid=214&cntnt01returnid=68
by Rex Wockner
01/05/2008

Article 14 of the finalized text of the planned new constitution states: "The State prohibits and punishes any form of discrimination based on sex, color, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, origin, culture, nationality, citizenship, language, religious creed, ideology, political affiliation or philosophical beliefs, marital status, economic or social status, type of occupation, level of education, disability, pregnancy, or other factors that have the purpose or effect of nullifying or impairing the recognition, enjoyment or exercise, on an equal footing, of the rights of everyone."