NEW MEXICO LEGALIZES SAME-SEX MARRIAGE. THE STATE SUPREME COURT HANDED DOWN ITS RULING THURSDAY … A DECISION COUNTY CLERKS HAD BEEN WAITING FOR SINCE THE DONA ANA COUNTY CLERK STARTED ISSUING MARRIAGE LICENSES TO GAY COUPLES LAST AUGUST.
STATE A-G GARY KING SAYS HE'S PLEASED WITH THE HIGH COURT'S DECISION. HE BELIEVES IT'S A FINAL DECISION … BUT ALSO THINKS WE HAVEN'T HEARD THE LAST ON THE ISSUE. HE EXPECTS DISCUSSION DURING THE UPCOMING LEGISLATURE AS TO WHETHER CHANGING THE STATE CONSTITUTION WILL ALTER THE OUTCOME OF THE COURT CASE.
IN FACT, REPUBLICAN STATE SENATOR BILL SHEARER, FOR ONE, SAYS HE'LL INTRODUCE AN AMENDMENT TO THE STATE CONSTITUTION TO DEFINE MARRIAGE AS A UNION BETWEEN ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN SO THE STATE SUPREME COURT CANNOT RULE THE DEFINITION AS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
