DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

The Central Electoral Board that handles the official document registry in the Dominican Republic reminds all that the Dominican Constitution does not recognize same-sex marriages. Any same sex wedding officiated in the Dominican Republic is symbolic.

The opinion is issued after former US Ambassador Wally Brewster carried out a symbolic marriage of two same sex persons at a hotel in Santiago de los Caballeros.

The Central Electoral Board (JCE) of the Dominican Republic issued the public clarification on Sunday, 3 November 2025, asserting that only marriages between a man and a woman are recognized under the nation’s legal framework.

The statement follows a social media post by former US ambassador to the country, Wally Brewster, who published an image on his Instagram account claiming to have officiated a same-sex wedding in the city of...