Posts Tagged ‘Governor’

Guam governor won’t sign marriage bill, but it is law

Tuesday, September 1st, 2015

Guam’s Catholic governor let a bill defining marriage as between two people, regardless of gender, lapse into law, rather than sign it himself. Governor Eddie Calvo’s religious beliefs prevented him signing Bill 119-33, also called the “Guam Marriage Equality Act”. The bill was introduced into the legislature in June, hours after the District Court of Read more

Jakarta gets a Christian governor

Friday, November 21st, 2014

A Christian has been inaugurated as governor of Jakarta. This is the first time such a thing has happened for  50 years. There have been weeks of protests against it from Islamic hardliners. Basuki Tjahaja Purnama is also the first person from the country’s tiny ethnic Chinese minority to become leader of Jakarta. He was sworn in Read more