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Ecuador Could
Give Same-Sex Unions Parity With Marriage

Ecuador Could
Give Same-Sex Unions Parity With Marriage

Highlights from Ecuador's 444-article draft constitution, which would be the Andean nation's 20th. If it receives initial approval Thursday, the nation's voters will decide Sept. 28 whether to adopt it.

Highlights from Ecuador's 444-article draft constitution, which would be the Andean nation's 20th. If it receives initial approval Thursday, the nation's voters will decide September 28 whether to adopt it.

- The president can dissolve Congress once and Congress will have one opportunity to unseat the president. In either case, general elections would be called.

- The president controls monetary and credit policy, which are currently handled by the Central Bank

- The president can run for one four-year term of reelection.

- Same-sex unions will be afforded the same rights as heterosexual marriages.

- Unpaid domestic work will be considered productive labor and those who work in the home are eligible for social security.

- Military service will no longer be mandatory.

- Foreign military bases or installations will be prohibited on Ecuadorean soil. The United States has operated anti-drug surveillance flights out of Ecuador's Manta air base since 1999. The 10-year lease expires next year, and will not be renewed.

- Undocumented immigrants will not be considered ''illegal.''

- The appropriation of genetic resources that contain biological diversity and agricultural biodiversity will be prohibited. (AP)

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