CZJayG

CZJayG t1_janndf7 wrote

That's a great description of this country. It's difficult for people to understand just how weird and complex society is here. I mean, we had this gay marriage ban happen but at the same time we have the Pride parade and, depending where you are, people are relatively open with no issues. Of course a huge issue here is also the education system. Public schools aren't great and most Panamanians cannot afford a private education so you get backwards thinking on issues such as this.

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CZJayG t1_janb3by wrote

Yes, but the majority of money from the canal goes right back into it, not to the people. Tourism is huge here, since the government decided to start focusing more on that to make money. So now a lot of focus is switching to that. Pretty sure that's why they allow the Pride parade actually.

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CZJayG t1_jan6ryl wrote

Unfortunately that's how it is here. Religious nuts are in charge and there is no way around it. A huge majority of the population supports this nonsense. However, this decision was also based on wording from our constitution though I'm not exactly familiar with that stuff.

Yet we have a fucking Pride parade now every year.

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