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Same-sex marriage is now recognized in about half of New Mexico.
One county clerk apparently looked at the law, which as written doesn't mention gender and does explicitly refer to marriage as a civil contract, and started issuing licenses to same-sex couples last week. Since then, judges have ordered two other county clerks to do the same. Talking Points Memo notes that by the time this gets to the state supreme court, dozens or hundreds of same-sex New Mexico couples will probably have been married.
(I'm not sure how large the practical effect of this will be—that's going to depend at least in part on how the rest of the New Mexico state government responds—but it seems worth noting here. Via Mario Singham)
One county clerk apparently looked at the law, which as written doesn't mention gender and does explicitly refer to marriage as a civil contract, and started issuing licenses to same-sex couples last week. Since then, judges have ordered two other county clerks to do the same. Talking Points Memo notes that by the time this gets to the state supreme court, dozens or hundreds of same-sex New Mexico couples will probably have been married.
(I'm not sure how large the practical effect of this will be—that's going to depend at least in part on how the rest of the New Mexico state government responds—but it seems worth noting here. Via Mario Singham)
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