12-19-2013, 04:19 PM
New Mexico becomes 17th US state to legalize same-sex marriage
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The ruling by the New Mexico Supreme Court today:
...barring individuals from marrying and depriving them of the rights, protections, and responsibilities of civil marriage solely because of their sexual orientation violates the Equal Protection Clause under Article II, Section 18 of the New Mexico Constitution. We hold that the State of New Mexico is constitutionally required to allow same-gender couples to marry and must extend to them the rights, protections, and responsibilities that derive from civil marriage under New Mexico law.
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The ruling by the New Mexico Supreme Court today:
...barring individuals from marrying and depriving them of the rights, protections, and responsibilities of civil marriage solely because of their sexual orientation violates the Equal Protection Clause under Article II, Section 18 of the New Mexico Constitution. We hold that the State of New Mexico is constitutionally required to allow same-gender couples to marry and must extend to them the rights, protections, and responsibilities that derive from civil marriage under New Mexico law.
Picturing an ornery dick with smoke pouring out of his ears, swigging a half-empty tequila bottle, kicking the legs of his rustic handmade desk and drafting a protest letter to his elected Congresspersons.