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Puerto Rico relaxes school uniform rules for gay students
Teachers will no longer be allowed to discipline students who prefer to wear pants instead of skirts or vice versa.
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Catholic bishop criticizes gay wedding in Puerto Rico
Over 60 couples from around the region have gathered in Puerto Rico’s capital to exchange vows at a same-sex marriage ceremony.
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Puerto Rico celebrates marriage equality in style
A mass wedding featuring over 60 couples is scheduled for Sunday.
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Puerto Rico amends laws after Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage
Just hours after the U.S. Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage decision, Puerto Rico’s governor signed an executive order requiring government agencies to become compliant with the ruling within 15 days.
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Court halts proceedings in Puerto Rico same-sex marriage lawsuit
A lawsuit challenging a Puerto Rico law defining marriage as between a man and a woman has been put on hold pending a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Marriage News Watch: March 23, 2015
It’s been nearly two months since marriage was supposed to start in Alabama, and the state still doesn’t have its act together, and Texas has filed a lawsuit to prevent married same-sex couples from taking family medical leave.
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Puerto Rico says it will no longer defend same-sex marriage ban
Secretary of Justice César Miranda said he will submit a brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, saying he agrees the ban is unconstitutional and should be lifted.
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Report: Puerto Rico government to stop defending same-sex marriage ban
The U.S. island territory’s ban is being challenged in a federal appeals court and the governor, named as a defendant, has until Friday to respond to a federal appeals court in Boston.
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In far-flung U.S. territories, marriage equality has yet to arrive
While more than 70 percent of U.S. states now allow same-sex marriage, the waves of change have yet to reach America’s far-flung and socially conservative territories in the Caribbean and Pacific.
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‘Ex-gay’ pastor in Puerto Rico outed for adult film past
Father Jose Santiago – now married to a woman – says he gave up his adult film past and being gay after being called by God seven years ago.