Human rights expert Patricio Benalcázar Alarcón highlighted that the reactions of the Civil Registry workers were a reflection of how the case challenged the heteronormative standards that had been accepted as "natural" throughout the country's history: 
Mtaalamu wa Haki za Binadamu Benalcázar Alarcón alionyesha kuwa mwitikio wa wafanyakazi wa Usajili wa Umma unaakisi jinsi kesi hii ilivyoamsha changamoto katika misingi ya suala la ubini toka pande mbili ambapo limekubalika kama la "asili" katika historia ya nchi: