The New Mexi Supreme Court unanimoly led on Thursday to allow same-sex marriage statewi, endg a patchwork arrangement which some unti permted gay nuptials while others prohibed them.
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- 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 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. 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.
County officials had asked the high urt to clarify the law and tablish a uniform state policy on gay marriage. State statut don't explicly prohib or thorize gay marriage.
NEW MEXI DEMOCRATS SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE AS RPECT FOR MARRIAGE ACT PASS U.S. SENATE
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. SANTA FE, New Mexi (Rters) - The New Mexi Supreme Court unanimoly led on Thursday to allow same-sex marriage statewi, endg a patchwork arrangement which some unti permted gay nuptials while others prohibed them. State to legalize gay and lbian marriage, and after the ernors of Hawaii and Illois signed bills last month to perm same-sex weddgs their stat.
NEW MEXI SUPREME COURT LEGALIZ GAY MARRIAGE
”The cisn highlights the shiftg legal and social landspe on gay marriage the Uned Stat. Stat permted gay marriage. Steppg to an tensifyg and often bter natnal bate over same-sex matrimony, the New Mexi Supreme Court agreed September to settle the matter for the state after some unti began issug marriage licens to gay and lbian upl, eher unilaterally or rponse to lower-urt a prev lg, a New Mexi judge upheld the right to gay marriage a se that applied to unti enpassg the state’s largt cy, Albuquerque, and the state pal of Santa, judg a number of other unti asked clerks to jtify their practice of not issug same-sex marriage licens.
One of New Mexi’s most vol opponents of same-sex marriage, Republin state Senator Bill Sharer, rpond to the lg by sayg he planned to troduce a nstutnal amendment to ban gay marriage. “The Supreme Court cid to overturn a several-lennial-long standg law, and I don’t thk they had any good reason to do , ” Sharer Brown, print of the anti-gay marriage group the Natnal Organizatn for Marriage, lled the lg “a ntuatn of a very dangero sh” toward silencg those who see marriage as the unn of one man and one celebratory tweets, supporters of gay marriage planned Thursday night ralli several ci. The New Mexi Supreme Court on Thursday led that gay marriage is legal the Land of urt said an unanimo cisn that is unnstutnal to ny marriage licens to gay and lbian the full your plan"We hold that the State of New Mexi is nstutnally required to allow same-genr upl to marry and mt extend to them the rights, protectns, and rponsibili that rive om civil marriage unr New Mexi law, " Jtice Edward L.