{"id":205540,"date":"2015-07-01T06:00:01","date_gmt":"2015-06-30T20:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=205540"},"modified":"2015-07-01T06:00:01","modified_gmt":"2015-06-30T20:00:01","slug":"torres-govt-working-on-schedule-to-consult-with-ag-on-same-sex-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/torres-govt-working-on-schedule-to-consult-with-ag-on-same-sex-ruling\/","title":{"rendered":"Torres: Gov't working on schedule to consult with AG on same-sex ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"

The CNMI government is still working on a schedule to consult with the Attorney General’s Office and Commonwealth mayors regarding same-sex marriage and how it will impact the CNMI.<\/p>\n

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\u201cNow that a decision has been handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court, it is the right time to acknowledge it and work on how it can be implemented on the CNMI,\u201d Lt. Gov. Ralph DLG. Torres said.<\/p>\n

The official said the landmark decision to allow same-sex marriage in all the U.S. states including territories show that \u201ca lot of changes have been happening.\u201d<\/p>\n

Torres, however, said a specific date on the consultations has yet to be decided. \u201cWe are working on schedule, but there is no specific date yet,\u201d Torres said.<\/p>\n

On Friday, the SC issued its historic ruling through a 5-4 vote that legalized same sex marriage across the 50 states and the Insular Areas such as the CNMI.<\/p>\n

Gov.\u00a0Eloy S. Inos earlier said consultations will be set with the Attorney General and CNMI mayors \u201cto see how we can initiate the necessary changes to current regulations to comply with the ruling and ensure an equal application of our constitutional rights throughout the CNMI.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe union between two individuals regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, etc. through the ceremony of marriage is a celebration of unconditional love and enduring commitment,\u201d Inos said in a statement, adding that, \u201cwhile we acknowledge this historical ruling, we must remember that what is most important in our community is that we express love, compassion, and tolerance toward one another.<\/p>\n

Inos said, \u201csame-sex common law unions have been in existence in our culture even before this ruling. In our small community, we either have family, friends, or know of people who are gay or lesbian couples.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The CNMI government is still working on a schedule to consult with the Attorney General’s…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":205571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[68,26,4998,5763],"class_list":["post-205540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-ag","tag-cnmi","tag-insular-areas","tag-torres-gov"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}