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• MEET THE ROGUE COUNTY CLERK WHO'S HANDG OUT DOZENS OF GAY MARRIAGE LICENS IN NEW MEXI
• NEW MEXI UNTY ISSU GAY MARRIAGE LICENS SPE LEGAL UNCERTATY
• GAY MARRIAGE LICENS BEG ISSUED BY NEW MEXI COUNTY CLERK, CLAIMS NOTHG LEGALLY PROHIBG IT
• NEW MEXI BE 17TH STATE TO ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE
• NEW MEXI SUPREME COURT RUL GAY MARRIAGE CONSTUTNAL
• GAY MARRIAGE LED LEGAL BY NEW MEXI'S HIGH URT
• GAY MARRIAGE LEGAL NEW MEXI, SORT OF
• WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT A SEEMGLY FAKE DOCUMENT A GAY RIGHTS CASE
• NEW MEXI SUPREME COURT LEGALIZ GAY MARRIAGE
• NEW MEXI UNTY ISSU GAY MARRIAGE LICENS SPE LEGAL UNCERTATY

MEET THE ROGUE COUNTY CLERK WHO'S HANDG OUT DOZENS OF GAY MARRIAGE LICENS IN NEW MEXI

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.

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.

NEW MEXI UNTY ISSU GAY MARRIAGE LICENS SPE LEGAL UNCERTATY

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. A New Mexi unty clerk cid all on his own to hand out marriage licens to gay upl — a state that hasn't officially legalized gay marriage.

GAY MARRIAGE LICENS BEG ISSUED BY NEW MEXI COUNTY CLERK, CLAIMS NOTHG LEGALLY PROHIBG IT

The grandfatherly-lookg Dona Ana County clerk, Lynn Ells, had given marriage licens to 57 same-sex upl by Thursday morng, the Associated Prs ' bold move is a sign that the fight for gay marriage didn't end when the Supreme Court stck down the anti-gay Defense of Marriage Act June, UCLA Law profsor Adam Wkler told Bs Insir. "This is really a sign that the battle over gay marriage is jt now heatg up, " Wkler said. "The gay marriage suatn New Mexi is a ltle plited, The New York Tim reported.

"New Mexi law do not provi for same-sex marriage, and the clerk is likely to be found to have exceed the clerk's thory, " Wkler state's ernor, Sana Martez, is opposed to gay marriage, so she may well file a lawsu to stop Ells. Her spokman said voters should get to ci the issue, "not one random clerk, " acrdg to The ' efforts may start a nversatn that will eventually lead the New Mexi legislature to legalize gay marriage.

”He is not the first rogue official to give gays the right to mayor of the ty New York town of New Paltz, Jason Wt, took upon himself to start performg same-sex weddgs the Village Hall back 2004. The charg were eventually same year, California, San Francis Mayor Gav Newsom directed the cy and unty to start handg out marriage licens to gays. While the marriag were void, Newsom's move helped build momentum for the succsful urt se that ma gay marriage legal California.

NEW MEXI BE 17TH STATE TO ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE

"At the end of the day, more than 40 gay upl had shed to the County Clerk's office to get their marriage licens after Clerk Lynn Ells cid to issue same-sex marriage licens a surprise move that me as several legal challeng on the practice make their way through the said he had refully read state laws and nclud the "state's marriage statut are genr ntral and do not exprsly prohib Dona Ana County om issug marriage licens to same-genr upl. "More than a happy office, 's been a gay office, " said Victor Villalpando-Saenz. But gay marriage is now legal that Ana County beme the first unty New Mexi to actively issue same-sex licens sce a Sandoval County clerk issued 64 licens to same-sex upl 2004.

Then-attorney general Patricia Madrid soon clared the licens were valid and a urt later orred the clerk to Tuday, a same-sex uple om Santa Fe asked the New Mexi supreme urt to streamle the handlg of lawsus seekg to legalize gay marriage the ngrsman Brian Egolf, a lawyer who reprents the uple, said the goal is to get a quick lower urt cisn and clear the way for an expeded lg by the state's hight jtic were beg asked to nsolidate all s volvg the issue and assign a district urt judge Santa Fe, who would issue a lg that would go directly to the state supreme urt for Fe County clerk Geralde Salazar said she do not plan on issug marriage licens to same-sex upl bee of pendg lawsus. Sanna Martez has said the past she do not support gay marriage, though she recently voiced her support to allow the people to vote on s legaly, rather than leave to a urt, who origally had wanted to start issug licens as early as June, said that that the untry and state's own foundg documents provid the foundatn for his actns. Currently, other New Mexi unty clerks have cled to hand out gay marriage licens, sayg they would let the urt make a cisn first.

NEW MEXI SUPREME COURT RUL GAY MARRIAGE CONSTUTNAL

New Mexi's Supreme Court clared a December 2013 lg that nyg marriage licens to gay upl was unnstutnal. 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. Two other unti began issug marriage licens to gay upl last week, and three more said they planned to do the same.

GAY MARRIAGE LED LEGAL BY NEW MEXI'S HIGH URT

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.

A New Mexi judge on Monday clared same-sex marriage legal, orrg the clerk of the state's most populo unty, Bernalillo, to jo two other unti issug marriage licens to gay and lbian upl.

But Malott's lg was seen as havg more impact bee he explicly clared that gay marriage was legal.

GAY MARRIAGE LEGAL NEW MEXI, SORT OF

The clerk of Dona Ana County southern New Mexi cid on his own last week to regnize gay and lbian marriag. Christe Butler of Albuquerque, who oppos gay marriage and attend the hearg, said the judge's lg vlat her rights.

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.

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

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 om the Associated Prs: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 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. The advot had attempted to get a cisn by filg lawsus directly wh the Supreme Court rather than through an appeal of a lower urt the full cisn below:Before You GoGay Marriage In The Uned StatPopular the CommunyYou May Like.

NEW MEXI SUPREME COURT LEGALIZ GAY MARRIAGE

(AP) — New Mexi's hight urt has legalized same-sex marriage, clarg is unnstutnal to ny a marriage license to gay and lbian state Supreme Court issued s lg Thursday. New Mexi jos 16 stat and the District of Columbia allowg gay of the state's 33 unti have started issug marriage licens to same-sex upl sce Augt, when a unty clerk southern New Mexi penntly cid to allow the 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.

County clerks New Mexi will beg issug marriage licens to same-sex upl after a state judge led Monday that the state’s marriage law, which genr-ntral terms to fe domtic relatnships, don’t specifilly prohib gay District Judge Alan Malott on Monday orred Bernalillo County Clerk Maggie Touloe Oliver and Santa Fe County Clerk Geralde Salazar to beg issug licens to same-sex upl immediately.

Attorney General Gary Kg (D) has said he will not appeal the lgs, and both Oliver and Salazar have said their offic won’t the 28 other unti n choose to follow existg se law and issue their own same-sex marriage licens, or they uld wa to issue licens until they are pelled by a urt orr to do so, acrdg to Cathryn Oakley, an attorney for the Human Rights Campaign, a pro-gay rights group Mexi is the 15th jurisdictn which same-sex marriage has been legalized.

NEW MEXI UNTY ISSU GAY MARRIAGE LICENS SPE LEGAL UNCERTATY

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.