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(11,093 posts)
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 06:50 PM Mar 2016

Federal Judge Rules Supreme Court Decision on Same-Sex Marriage Doesn't Apply to Puerto Rico

Source: Gawker & Buzzfeed

A federal judge ruled this week that the groundbreaking Supreme Court decision affirming the constitutional right of same-sex couples to marry doesn’t apply to residents of Puerto Rico.

U.S. District Court Judge Juan Pérez-Giménez published the decision Tuesday, arguing that Puerto Rico’s ban on gay marriage is constitutional because Puerto Rico—an unincorporated territory—was not affirmatively identified in the Supreme Court decision, Obergefell v. Hodges.

It’s worth noting the same judge upheld the ban on gay marriage back in 2014, before the Obergefell case was decided. The plaintiffs successfully appealed his ruling to the 1st Circuit, which recently sent the case back to Pérez-Giménez with the strong suggestion that he reverse his ruling in light of the Obergefell decision. Pérez-Giménez, obviously, declined.

Even so, his questionable ruling won’t have much of an impact: Puerto Rico Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla reportedly said today he will continue to follow the Supreme Court decision.


Read more: http://gawker.com/federal-judge-rules-supreme-court-decision-on-same-sex-1763843406

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Federal Judge Rules Supreme Court Decision on Same-Sex Marriage Doesn't Apply to Puerto Rico (Original Post) Tab Mar 2016 OP
Well that's a lot of crap. SoapBox Mar 2016 #1
Yeah, but which SCOTUS position? Tab Mar 2016 #2
"...that such marriage bans are unconstitutional" csziggy Mar 2016 #7
How can that be? They' re Americans. Akicita Mar 2016 #3
They are not a state.... dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #4
I don't think that a state should be bailed out by taxpayers if it went bankrupt due to corruption Akicita Mar 2016 #5
Yes they are atreides1 Mar 2016 #8
He should be impeached. blackspade Mar 2016 #6

csziggy

(34,120 posts)
7. "...that such marriage bans are unconstitutional"
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 09:51 PM
Mar 2016

"Update: On Wednesday, however, the governor of Puerto Rico said in a statement that he will continue to follow the U.S. Supreme Court and First Circuit Court of Appeals rulings that such marriage bans are unconstitutional."
http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/federal-judge-no-marriage-equality-in-puerto-rico?utm_term=.fjM5Lv2xr#.bmYzov1wX

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
4. They are not a state....
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 08:25 PM
Mar 2016

which is why the US is not compelled to bail them out of their bankrupt finances.

Akicita

(1,196 posts)
5. I don't think that a state should be bailed out by taxpayers if it went bankrupt due to corruption
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 08:30 PM
Mar 2016

and mismanagement either. At least not until it installed honest and competent officials.

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