People celebrate outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on June 26, 2015 after its historic decision on marriage equality.
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WASHINGTON — Puerto Rico's marriage ban remains valid and the law of the territory, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.
Because Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory, the Supreme Court's ruling on same-sex couples' marriage rights does not automatically apply there, U.S. District Court Judge Juan Pérez-Giménez ruled in a 10-page decision.
In a key portion of his ruling, the judge concludes that the rights at issue in the Supreme Court's marriage case, Obergefell v. Hodges, do not automatically apply to Puerto Rico:
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(h/t Gabriel Laborde)
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