The Virgin Islands have become the
final US territory to comply with SCOTUS.
Governor Kenneth Mapp has announced
that he’s currently working on an executive order to direct government
agencies and departments to follow the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 26
ruling in favor of same-sex marriage. Mapp made the announcement during a
Tuesday morning press conference at Government House, stating that upon
taking office in January, he swore to uphold the laws of the land. “The
Government of the Virgin Islands as a civil society can no longer
discriminate on marriage,” Mapp said. “The nation has arrived, pursuant
to the Supreme Court’s ruling, at full marriage equality — when two
consenting adults appear for a marriage license and apply for that
license, civil society is required to respond. And so persons of the
same-sex can be married in the U.S. Virgin Islands.” The governor
stressed that the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling does not force churches
and ministers to perform same-sex or any other kind of marriage, however
as the territory’s leader, he must abide by the law.
The territory has a population of 106K.
Reposted from Joe Jervis
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