Guam's chief federal judge struck down the ban on same-sex marriages Friday in the first ruling of its kind for a U.S. territory, the Pacific Daily News reports. Chief Judge Frances Tydingco-Gatewood ruled restrictions on marriage to opposite-sex couples unconstitutional, citing a previous decision from a circuit court that has jurisdiction over Guam.
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