Same-sex marriage in the United States Virgin Islands

Recognized Same-sex marriage has been legal in the United States Virgin Islands since July 9, 2015, as a result of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Obergefell v. Hodges.

[4] A group of church leaders organized One Voice Virgin Islands to oppose the legislation and plan a petition drive that aimed to collect 50,000 signatures.

The decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in Obergefell v. Hodges on June 26, 2015, that invalidated bans on same-sex marriage under the Fourteenth Amendment, was met with mixed reactions from U.S. Virgin Islands officials.

On June 27, Presiding Judge Michael Dunston of the Superior Court said the territory would comply with the ruling, though he thought that marriage licenses could not be issued to same-sex couples until the statutes were amended.

[9][10] The president of the U.S. Virgin Islands Legislature, Neville James, a vocal opponent of same-sex marriage, refused to sign off on the executive order in Potter's stead.

[11] However, Judge Dunston declared that the Superior Court would act to comply with Obergefell in the absence of action from the Legislature and licenses would be issued for two same-sex couples who had applied on July 13.

[17] The first same-sex couple to marry in the U.S. Virgin Islands was Rick Weinstein and Tom Eggleston, who had been together for more than 40 years, in a private ceremony in Charlotte Amalie.