Guam rejects lesbian couple’s marriage license application

Guam on Wednesday rejected a marriage license application from the first-same sex couple to apply for the document in the U.S. territory.

 

A Department of Public Health and Social Services clerk refused to accept an application filed by Loretta Pangelinan and Kathleen Aguero.

 

“It doesn’t mean I’m not sympathetic, but the law is going to prevent me from issuing a marriage license,” department director James Gillan said.

 

Under Guam law, a marriage license is only issued to a couple of the opposite sex, he said.

 

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