Puerto Rico Governor Alejandro Garcia
Padilla on Wednesday declared that gay and lesbian couples can marry
in the territory despite a federal judge's ruling saying otherwise.
U.S. District Court Judge Juan
Perez-Gimenez ruled on Monday that the Supreme Court's June finding
in Obergefell v. Hodges that gay couples have a constitutional
right to marry does not apply to Puerto Rico because it is an
unincorporated territory.
The governor said in a statement that
he would abide by rulings issued by the Supreme Court and the Court
of Appeals for the First Circuit and ignore Judge Perez-Gimenez's
decision.
“I'm going to respect the rulings of
the higher courts which, thankfully, ordered matters to proceed much
differently than Judge Perez-Gimenez,” he said.
Puerto Rico's Justice Department said
in a statement that the marriages of gay couples were
valid and called marriage equality a “fundamental right.”
Damn, Papi's got some big ones on him..tell that bitch judge what's what.
BTW, shouldn't Puerto Rico be a state by now, as far as I understand, all the requirements have been met.
WTF's the hold up?
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That is because our Republican run congress has been dragging their collective heals over the issue for over a year. Evidently the Republicans feel that 50 states are enough and I am sure there are some ah, racially driven reasons as well.
Just a thought: Puerto Rico is a COMMONWEALTH, not a territory.
It is "marketed" to UN , et al., as such
when the question of de-colonization is raised.
Those born there are US Citizens and should enjoy "equal protection" , no?
Though they currently are recognized as a commonwealth, in 2012, in a nonbinding public vote, 61% voted to seek statehood status, only 6% didn't favor becoming a US State.
It is indeed our Congress that is holding things up, by not even taking it into consideration.
I most certainly believe they should already be a state.
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