Lambda Legal has filed a motion for summary judgment to overturn the ban on same-sex marriage in Puerto Rico:
Lambda Legal joined the lawsuit, Conde v. García Padilla, in June on behalf of five gay and lesbian couples and Puerto Rico Para Tod@s, an organization that represents lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and transgender (LGBT) people and their families.
Lambda Legal Staff Attorney Omar Gonzalez-Pagan, said: "All families deserve to have their love and commitment recognized in Puerto Rico; they need the protections only marriage can provide as soon as possible, without discrimination. Every day that passes, our gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender family members are told they are inferior to our other family members. They are living, working and caring for each other now and need the dignity and respect of marriage."
The lawsuit began on March 25, 2014, when married in Massachusetts sued for legal recognition of their marriage. That was amended on June 25th when Lambda Legal joined the suit and added four more couples - two seeking recognition of their marriages from other jurisdictions and two seeking for the right to marry in Puerto Rico.
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