Justo Orozco

Gerardo Justo Orozco Álvarez (born 1950) is a Costa Rican pastor, lawyer, mathematician and politician. Orozco has been member of Congress in two occasions (1998-2002 and 2010-2014) and presidential candidate.

Orozco was born in San José, Costa Rica on February 18, 1950.[1] He's married to Yasmín Mata and has two children.[1] Founder member of the Universidad Cristiana del Sur, a private university in Costa Rica, where he received his law degree.[1] Orozco is also founder of Costa Rican Renewal Party, a Christian-based, conservative political party for which he held office as deputy twice. As Congressman, Orozco is heavily opposed all initiatives for same-sex marriage and civil unions and was accused of homophobia,[2] especially after verbally confronting then-Congresswoman and future minister Carmen Muñoz, who is openly lesbian, accusing her of legislating in self-benefit. He also made several public comments that were considered offensive toward the gay community.[3][4]

  1. ^ a b c "Justo Orozco Álvarez" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica. Retrieved 27 March 2016.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Government promises to approve gay civil unions". Costa Rican News. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Meet Costa Rica's 13 presidential candidates". Tico Times. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Justo Orozco Orozco to Represent Costa Rica at Human Rights Summit in Brazil". Costa Rican Times. Retrieved 27 March 2016.