Lesbians Charlene and Esther Oduber-Lamers win marriage recognition in Aruba
The lesbian couple who fled Aruba, yet sued the government for the right to have their marriage recognized won their case. Aruba's Superior Court confirmed a lower court's December ruling that the Caribbean island should register the marriage of Charlene and Esther Oduber-Lamers, who were wed in Holland in 2001."The Dutch marriage can be inscribed in the register," read the decision. "Since Aruba is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, it must comply with demands of the Kingdom."
The Aruban government now has three months to take the case to Holland's Supreme Court, which it has promised to do. "We give neither legal nor moral recognition to same-sex marriages," Ruben Trapenberg, spokesman for Aruban Prime Minister Nelson Oduber, said. Two courts down, one to go.
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