Ricky Martin came out of the closet and has even begun talking publicly about his boyfriend of three years. But even though the couple has been in a secure, stable relationship, Ricky says they still have no plans to get married. He and his boyfriend are making a political statement. They don’t want to get married until gays in Puerto Rico can do so as well.

“I am in a relationship right now but we aren’t talking about marriage yet. We’ve been together for three years but it’s still a nurturing process. That’s where my relationship is at.

“Unfortunately, we don’t have the option of marriage in our country. We could go to Britain or Spain or Argentina and do something beautifully symbolic, but that’s not what I want.

“I want to have the rights of anybody else in my home country. I don’t want to be a second-class citizen. I’d want to do it on the island where I was born and where I will die.”

Ricky says that he wants to teach his children tolerance.

“We have to let people understand that our relationships are built on love and respect and not every family is the same. These are things I will tell my kids.

“They will ask where their mom is, and I will say that not every family consists of a mom and a dad. Some families consist of two moms or two dads or one dad or a mom and that’s the beauty of modern families.”

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