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Second N.M. county begins issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples
SANTA FE, N.M. — The county clerk in the state capital and the heart of this state’s gay rights movement on Friday began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, a court-ordered move that came just two days after a county clerk in southern New Mexico decided on his own to recognize gay marriage.
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Judge orders N.M. county clerk to issue marriage licenses to gay couples
SANTE FE, N.M. — Just two days after a New Mexico county clerk decided to start issuing gay marriage licenses, a district judge has ordered a clerk in another county to do the same.
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N.M. Supreme Court rules against photographer in gay bias case
SANTA FE, N.M. — A commercial photography business owned by opponents of same-sex marriage violated New Mexico’s anti-discrimination law by refusing to take pictures of a gay couple’s commitment ceremony, the state’s highest court ruled Thursday.
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N.M. county continues issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples
LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Seven couples were waiting outside when the Dona Ana County courthouse opened Thursday and more from across New Mexico and Texas were expected to flock to the border town as the country clerk for a second day was granting marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples.
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Another setback for NOM: Iowa ethics board to keep executive in investigation
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board voted Wednesday not to remove its executive director from an investigation into whether the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) violated state law by not disclosing campaign donors.
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Pa. court outlines issues for hearing on marriage licenses for same-sex couples
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Pennsylvania court laid out the issues Thursday to be argued at a hearing in two weeks about a suburban Philadelphia court clerk’s decision to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
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N.M. governor repeats call for vote to ban same-sex marriage
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez is reacting to a county clerk’s office’s issuing of marriage licenses to dozens of same-sex couples by repeating her call for a statewide vote on a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage.
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With less than 18 months to live, N.M. woman wants to marry partner of 21 years
SANTA FE, N.M. — Attorneys for a same-sex couple in Santa Fe on Wednesday filed an emergency request asking the Second Judicial District Court to allow them to legally marry because one of the women suffers from a severe medical condition that may prove fatal in the immediate future.
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Attorney General will not challenge N.M. county’s same-sex marriages
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.- New Mexico Attorney General Gary King says he will not challenge a move by a Dona Ana County clerk to issue same-sex marriage licenses.
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Indiana coalition aims to defeat constitutional ban on same-sex marriage
INDIANAPOLIS — An alliance of businesses and human rights groups is launching an effort to defeat passage of an amendment that would write Indiana’s ban on same-sex marriage into the state constitution.