After the approval of equal marriage in Costa Rica, the former presidential candidate for National Restoration and now secretary general of the New Republic Party, Fabricio Alvarado, announced that he will promote a bill to validate the right of "conscientious objection" against unions of persons of the same sex.

he rejection of the advisory opinion of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (I / A Court HR) that supported same-sex unions in Costa Rica helped evangelical pastor Fabricio Alvarado to capitalize on votes from the most conservative Costa Rican sectors and reach the presidential elections of 2018, in which he was close to winning the presidency .

With a constant speech of opposition to the rights of LGBTI people, the psalmist and leader of the New Republic party spoke on the last Tuesday 26 after the approval of equal marriage in Costa Rica. In a live broadcast on his Facebook account , he again questioned the IDH Court, the Constitutional Chamber, the Acción Ciudadana government party, other opposition forces and even some media.

"Today in Costa Rica the imposition of the ideology of those who through different tricks acted regardless of what the people think about it is materialized ... Today thousands of Costa Ricans see how our sovereignty was trampled on, something we have been demanding for years and that the government party has had no regard to repeat, "he said.

This week, Costa Rica became the first Central American country to approve equal marriage and the twenty-ninth in the world to recognize the rights of same-sex couples. The first marriage took place at 00:01 on Tuesday, 26, in a ceremony that was broadcast on state television and on Internet channels. Read more via La Mala Fe