DISTRICT COURT JUDGE SHERI RAPHAELSON HAS UPHELD A RULING THAT THE LOS ALAMOS COUNTY CLERK SHARON STOVER MUST ISSUE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LICENSES. LAST WEEK, A JUDGE RULED THAT STOVER SHOULD ISSUE THE LICENSES TO GAY AND LESBIAN COUPLES … OR DEFEND HER DECISION AGAINST IT IN COURT.
STOVER SAYS IT'S UP TO THE STATE SUPREME COURT TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE … AND FOR THE LEGISLATURE TO ACT ON THE HIGH COURT'S RULING. SIX NEW MEXICO COUNTIES ARE ALREADY ISSUING MARRIAGE LICENSES TO GAY COUPLES … FOUR UNDER THE ORDERS OF A DISTRICT JUDGE.
GRANT COUNTY BEGINS ISSUING MARRIAGE LICENSES TO GAY COUPLES THIS COMING MONDAY. IT'LL MAKE IT THE 7TH COUNTY IN THE STATE TO PROVIDE THE LICENSES TO SAME SEX COUPLES. CLERK ROBERT ZAMARRIPA SAYS HE'LL BEGIN ISSUING THE LICENSES IN COMPLIANCE WITH A DISTRICT JUDGE'S RULING ON TUESDAY IN A LAWSUIT FILED BY A LESBIAN COUPLE.
