The road to full marriage equaly for same-sex upl the Uned Stat was paved wh setbacks and victori. The landmark 2015 Supreme Court se Obergefell v. Hodg ma gay marriage legal throughout the untry.
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- NEW MEXI BE 17TH STATE TO ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE
- NEW MEXI SUPREME COURT LEGALIZ GAY MARRIAGE
- GAY MARRIAGE
NEW MEXI BE 17TH STATE TO ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE
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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 SUPREME COURT LEGALIZ GAY MARRIAGE
The lg was a victory for gay rights activists who had been unable to w a legislative rolutn of the issue.
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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 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. Scholars and the general public beme creasgly terted the issue durg the late 20th century, a perd when attus toward homosexualy and laws regulatg homosexual behavur were liberalized, particularly wtern Europe and the Uned issue of same-sex marriage equently sparked emotnal and polil clash between supporters and opponents. Cultur that openly accepted homosexualy, of which there were many, generally had nonmaral tegori of partnership through which such bonds uld be exprsed and socially regulated.
Relig and secular expectatns of marriage and sexualy Over time the historil and tradnal cultur origally rerd by the lik of Bachofen and Man slowly succumbed to the homogenizatn imposed by lonialism.