La Marcha de los Invisibles (March of the Invisibles) will take place today in protest of a Secular State, the right to assisted reproduction, and a society with diverse sexual orientation without discrimination.

Protesters have been summoned today, June 16^th at the Central Park in San Jose at 9 a.m. and will march from there to the National Assembly of Costa Rica.

Speakers for the movement like Marisol Fournier, have stated they will “Wash clean the assembly, clean it from corruption, discrimination and hate speech. We are asking people to carry brooms, brushes, buckets, and water.”

An event on Facebook for this protest with more than 6000 confirmed attendees mandates a clear call to action:

“… To all persons, groups, communities that still believe that human rights are not interchangeable, which are inalienable and must be demandable … to speak out for the rights to assisted procreation, a pluralistic, informed and diverse sexual experience, for the right of enjoyment of ALL equal rights, for the enjoyment of a life free of violence, the right to decide over our bodies, and especially for the right to a secular state that respects and guarantees the human rights … “

Only a few people were gathered at the Central Park just a few minutes before 9 a.m., the time in which the March was scheduled to start as reported by AmeliaRueda.com, however, reportedly several human rights advocacy groups are making their way in to be present in this manifestation from various parts of the country and it is expected to grow into a large concentration later in the morning as more groups join the protest.

Carmen Muñoz, a congresswoman from the Acción Ciudadana political party has openly stated her support to this cause. She is part of the Human Rights Congress Comission, resided by Christian legislator Justo Orozco.

Orozco, who was recently in the center of the controversy after being appointment as the President of the Legislative Human Rights Commission department.

He has openly manifested himself against in-vitro fertilization, a law for ‘Societies of Coexistence’ (Ley de Sociedades de Convivencia) and has made declarations in which he says he believes ‘homosexuality is curable’. Protesters demand he resigns from his position.

A website called www.fuerajustoorozco.com was created to accumulate ‘signatures’ by having protesters add their Facebook pictures in sign of their disapproval of Justo Orozco. Today, in the morning of the protest, more than 14,000 have added their picture to the site.

The name “The Invisibles” comes from a statement by Orozco in which, talking about the gay-rights groups and activists, he said “I do not see them, do not recognize them, so I do not discriminate them”. ‘The invisibles’ reproach Orozco’s position and define it as homophobic, xenophobic, misogynistic and sexist.

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