Campillo de Ranas: first LGTB
Mar 4, 2024 2:15:03 GMT -5
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Camp of Frogs Campillo de Ranas. by bsanchez the Congress of Deputies officially approved the law that allows people of the same sex to marry with the same rights as heterosexual people, which includes adoption. This modification of the Penal Code, which was carried out with José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (PSOE) as President of the Government, caused a great stir among supporters and opponents. The first celebrated it – Spain became the fourth country in the world to recognize this right – and the opponents were outraged. In fact, the mayors of some localities expressed their refusal to officiate homosexual weddings, some appealing to conscientious objection and others to even more conservative reasons. This was not the case of the councilor of the Guadalajara town of Campillo de Ranas , who decided that any couples who wanted would be able to get married there, without anything more important than their desire to unite in marriage.
Thus, Campillo de Ranas became a national reference, an opening point of reference in the middle of the Sierra Norte Natural Park of Guadalajara where celebration won over confrontation. Camp of Frogs Campillo de Ranas. by bsanchez That committed mayor is Francisco Maroto, who continues to lead the council. He arrived in Campillo de Ranas with two other friends in 1984 and, since then, it has been his home. “Before coming he had no relationship with the town. But we were BTC Users Number Data working with the Institute for Nature Conservation (ICONA), with the forestry service and we discovered this area, which is very beautiful and we liked it, so we came to it,” he comments by phone to Escapada Rural. When they arrived, only four families lived in the town and they welcomed them without any problem. “Open doors for everything,” explains Maroto, who ended up becoming mayor because “there comes a time when you have to get involved in politics if you want your people to take one tone or another.” The one that Campillo de Ranas took was the multicolored one of the LGTBI flag.
Campillo de Ranas' “yes, I want ” Camp of Frogs Campillo de Ranas. By h368k742 The 2005 law meant an earthquake at the national level, although not in Campillo de Ranas beyond the increase in visits. The life of the town was not altered because “it is a town that shines for its tolerance and there was no revolution because it did not need to change,” says the mayor. Since then, Maroto has officiated more than 300 or 400 weddings , he does not keep an exact count. He says that every weekend there are marriage unions in the town, both gay and straight. “We had a very seasonal influx. The starting signal was the Puente del Pilar, on October 12, and the season lasted until the last long weekend in May. Then tourism was cut off because everyone came from Madrid and people went to the beach,” he explains in relation to tourism. Weddings helped fill that gap, because they are celebrations that usually take place in summer, when the weather is good.
Thus, Campillo de Ranas became a national reference, an opening point of reference in the middle of the Sierra Norte Natural Park of Guadalajara where celebration won over confrontation. Camp of Frogs Campillo de Ranas. by bsanchez That committed mayor is Francisco Maroto, who continues to lead the council. He arrived in Campillo de Ranas with two other friends in 1984 and, since then, it has been his home. “Before coming he had no relationship with the town. But we were BTC Users Number Data working with the Institute for Nature Conservation (ICONA), with the forestry service and we discovered this area, which is very beautiful and we liked it, so we came to it,” he comments by phone to Escapada Rural. When they arrived, only four families lived in the town and they welcomed them without any problem. “Open doors for everything,” explains Maroto, who ended up becoming mayor because “there comes a time when you have to get involved in politics if you want your people to take one tone or another.” The one that Campillo de Ranas took was the multicolored one of the LGTBI flag.
Campillo de Ranas' “yes, I want ” Camp of Frogs Campillo de Ranas. By h368k742 The 2005 law meant an earthquake at the national level, although not in Campillo de Ranas beyond the increase in visits. The life of the town was not altered because “it is a town that shines for its tolerance and there was no revolution because it did not need to change,” says the mayor. Since then, Maroto has officiated more than 300 or 400 weddings , he does not keep an exact count. He says that every weekend there are marriage unions in the town, both gay and straight. “We had a very seasonal influx. The starting signal was the Puente del Pilar, on October 12, and the season lasted until the last long weekend in May. Then tourism was cut off because everyone came from Madrid and people went to the beach,” he explains in relation to tourism. Weddings helped fill that gap, because they are celebrations that usually take place in summer, when the weather is good.