New Mexi Democrats support gay marriage as bill pass U.S. Senate

Contents:

• NEW MEXI BE 17TH STATE TO ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE
• NEW MEXI DEMOCRATS SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE AS RPECT FOR MARRIAGE ACT PASS U.S. SENATE
• NEW MEXI JTIC TO RULE ON GAY MARRIAGE
• WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT A SEEMGLY FAKE DOCUMENT A GAY RIGHTS CASE
• NEW MEXI SUPREME COURT RUL GAY MARRIAGE CONSTUTNAL
• THE CAPAL OF GAY-MARRIAGE GRIDLOCK
• NEW MEXI SUPREME COURT LEGALIZ GAY MARRIAGE

NEW MEXI BE 17TH STATE TO ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE

A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 22 of the New York edn wh the headle: New Mexi Is 17th State To Allow Gay Marriage. The lg on Thursday means that New Mexi jos 16 stat and the District of Columbia allowg gay marriage.

County officials asked the high urt to clarify the law and tablish a uniform state policy on gay marriage. However, the unty associatn and the state's 31 other unty clerks — cludg several already issug marriage licens to same-sex upl — joed the lawsu to provi a way to quickly move the gay marriage qutn to the Supreme Court. And Oh, a urt se is set to terme whether gay spo should be regnized on ath certifit even though the practice of same-sex marriage is not legal the state.

NEW MEXI DEMOCRATS SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE AS RPECT FOR MARRIAGE ACT PASS U.S. SENATE

The AP reports: "On one si are the two gay Oh men who succsfully got Judge Timothy Black to orr their recently ceased spo to be listed as married on their ath certifit. They want that right afford to all same-sex upl Oh who, like them, married other stat that allow gay marriage.

New Mexi beme the latt state to legalize gay marriage Thursday as s hight urt clared is unnstutnal to ny marriage licens to gay and lbian upl. Chavez said a lg that none of New Mexi's marriage statut specifilly prohibs same-genr marriag, but the state's laws as a whole have prevented gay and lbian upl om marryg. New Mexi jos 16 other stat and the District of Columbia allowg gay marriage eher through legislatn, urt lgs or voter referendums.

NEW MEXI JTIC TO RULE ON GAY MARRIAGE

County officials had asked the high urt to clarify the law and tablish a uniform state policy on gay marriage.

WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT A SEEMGLY FAKE DOCUMENT A GAY RIGHTS CASE

State statut don't explicly prohib or thorize gay marriage.

The lg was a victory for gay rights activists who had been unable to w a legislative rolutn of the issue. They ntend gay marriage mt be allowed bee of nstutnal guarante of equal protectn unr the law and a state nstutnal prohibn agast discrimatn based on sexual orientatn. The Democratic-ntrolled Legislature repeatedly has turned down proposals for domtic partnerships for same-sex upl and a nstutnal amendment that would have allowed voters to ci whether to legalize gay marriage.

William Sharer, a Farmgton Republin who oppos gay marriage, has said a nstutnal amendment will be need to rolve the issue regardls of the oute of the urt se. The ceremony me jt a few hours after the unty clerk opened her door to a le of more than 100 people wag to get same-sex marriage licens followg an Albuquerque judge’s claratn Monday that gay marriage was legal.

NEW MEXI SUPREME COURT RUL GAY MARRIAGE CONSTUTNAL

Two other unti began issug marriage licens to gay upl last week, and three more said they planned to do the same. They said was the culmatn of a long journey sce they met llege 20 years ago — when there were hardly any gay characters on televisn, let alone the prospect that they uld someday marry. Gay upl n now get married about a dozen stat after a seri of urt fights, ballot measur and legislative cisns provid new momentum to the movement recent years.

Malott’s lg was seen as more sweepg than the temporary Santa Fe orr bee he directly clared gay marriage was legal. The New Mexi Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage the state Thursday, clarg a lg that is unnstutnal to ny a marriage license to gay and lbian Mexi jos 16 stat and the District of Columbia allowg gay of the state's 33 unti started issug marriage licens to same-sex upl Augt, when a unty clerk southern New Mexi penntly cid to allow the unns. County officials asked the high urt to clarify the law and tablish a uniform state policy on gay statut don't explicly prohib or thorize gay marriage.

THE CAPAL OF GAY-MARRIAGE GRIDLOCK

"The current and prev state attorneys general have said the law effectively prohibs gay marriage, although current Attorney General Gary Kg also has said he believ such a prohibn is unnstutnal. However, the unty associatn and the state's 31 other unty clerks -- cludg several already issug marriage licens to same-sex upl -- joed the lawsu to provi a way to quickly move the gay marriage qutn to the Supreme five jtic prevly turned down efforts by gay rights advot to get a lg on the marriage issue. New Mexi joed 16 stat and the District of Columbia legalizg same-sex marriage on Thursday when the state's Supreme Court clared unnstutnal to ny gay upl the right to wed.

NEW MEXI SUPREME COURT LEGALIZ GAY MARRIAGE

The urt's lg me after eight unti the state began issug marriage licens to gay upl Augt.

Though New Mexi state attorneys general have stated that current law prohibs gay marriage, the origal statut don't specifilly say whether same-sex marriage is legal or not, The Associated Prs reports. " County clerks the state appealed to get the gay marriage qutn answered by the state's Supreme Court once and for all.

— The New Mexi Supreme Court is poised to ci once and for all whether same-sex marriage is legal this state, addrsg an issue that the Legislature has for years failed to rolve and the ernor has avoid — but that Democratic unty clerks have embraced, unr threats of legal actn and at nsirable polil a packed hearg at the terrorial urthoe here on Wednday, one broadst live for the first time the urt’s history, lawyers for both sis prented their s, tryg their arguments to rolve the qutn: Do gay men and lbians have a nstutnal right to marry New Mexi? A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 14 of the New York edn wh the headle: New Mexi Jtic to Rule on Gay Marriage.