Cuba’s electoral commission announced the approval of the results of a new referendum on family law that would legalize same-sex marriage and pregnancy, noting that “partial and irreversible results indicate the support of 66% of voters.”

“The people have approved the Family Code,” Alina Balsero, chairman of the National Electoral Council, said on state television, referring to a partial census showing an irreversible trend. According to the semi-final results of the first-of-its-kind referendum, the participation rate reached 74.01%, with 66.87% of voters in favor of the new text, compared with 33.13% who opposed, according to the committee.

The results of 36 districts are not yet known due to the storm camp in the east of the island, and the text must receive more than 50% of the votes in favor of approval and entry into force. The new law, which significantly changed the previous text of 1975, is one of the most progressive among the laws of Latin American countries in terms of social rights.

The law defines marriage as a union “between two people”, which legalizes same-sex marriage and adoption for such persons. It also promotes the rights of children, the elderly, and people with special needs, and also includes the possibility of recognizing multiple fathers and mothers along with biological parents, as well as pregnancies for the benefit of others without material goals.