UNM PROF SAYS GAY MARRIAGE ISSUE UNCLEAR IN NM

 

NEW MEXICO IS IN TURMOIL IN REGARD TO GAY MARRIAGE. A FEW COUNTIES ARE NOW ISSUING SAME SEX MARRIAGE LICENSES…BUT MOST ARE NOT. UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO LAW PROFESSOR ANTOINETTE SEDILLO LOPEZ TELLS 770 KKOB, THE PROBLEM IS, STATE LAW NEITHER SANCTIONS NOR BANS GAY MARRIAGE: SHE SAYS THERE'S BEEN NO SUPREME COURT OR APPEALS COURT DECISION HAS BEEN MADE AND THE LEGISLATURE HAS FAILED TO DEAL WITH THE ISSUE IN RECENT SESSIONS.

SEDILLO LOPEZ SAYS THE LEGISLATURE OR HIGH COURT WILL EVENTUALLY HAVE TO SETTLE THE QUESTION OF GAY MARRIAGE IN NEW MEXICO.