AS EXPECTED, THE SANTA FE CITY COUNCIL APPROVES A CONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE GAY MARRIAGE AS LEGAL IN NEW MEXICO. THE RESOLUTION, FROM MAYOR DAVID COSS AND COUNCILOR PATTI BUSHEE, IS MOSTLY JUST SYMBOLIC. IT WAS PASSED 5-TO-1 WEDNESDAY NIGHT … WITH TWO ABSTENTIONS.
IT WAS DRAFTED AFTER CITY ATTORNEY GENO ZAMORA PROVIDED THE COUNCIL WITH AN OPINION SAYING STATE LAW DOESN'T DEFINE MARRIAGE AS BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN, AND THAT SAME SEX UNIONS ARE LEGAL.
THOSE WHO ABSTAINED OR VOTED AGAINST THE RESOLUTION SAY THE ISSUE IS DIVIDING OR POLARIZING RESIDENTS … AND THAT THE CITY HAS NO AUTHORITY TO MAKE LAWS CONCERNING SAME SEX MARRIAGE. STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL GARY KING, MEANWHILE, IS DRAFTING AN OPINION ON THE SUBJECT.
