Guam attorney general orders territory to allow gay marriage
Guam on Wednesday became the first US territory to allow gay marriage after its attorney general directed officials to immediately begin processing same-sex-marriage applications.
Attorney General Elizabeth Barrett-Anderson's instructions came two days after a lesbian couple filed a legal challenge to the territory's marriage laws after they were barred from submitting an application for a license to wed.
But Leo Casil, the acting director of the Department of Public Health and Social Services, told the Pacific Daily News that officials won't accept applications "until further notice."
Casil said he just received a letter from Barrett-Anderson, not a legal opinion.
