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Navajo Nation official: N.M. court ruling has no effect on tribe’s gay marriage ban
FARMINGTON, N.M. — A Navajo Nation official says the tribe’s own law prohibiting same-sex marriage isn’t affected by the New Mexico Supreme Court’s decision legalizing marriage for gay and lesbian couples in New Mexico.
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N.M. same-sex marriage ruling comes following couple’s three-decade wait
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Miriam Rand and Ono Porter were having lunch when the couple got a call that they’d been waiting for, for three decades: New Mexico’s Supreme Court had just issued a ruling on same-sex marriage.
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N.M. Supreme Court declares same-sex marriage legal statewide
SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico’s highest court has legalized same-sex marriage, declaring it is unconstitutional to deny a marriage license to gay and lesbian couples.
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Plaintiff in N.M. same-sex marriage lawsuit loses battle with brain cancer
SANTA FE, N.M. — Jennifer Neuman-Roper, one of the plaintiffs in the ACLU lawsuit seeking marriage equality in New Mexico, died on Friday of advanced cancer. She was 44.
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N.M. photographer appeals to U.S. Supreme Court in gay bias case
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The nation’s highest court is being asked to overturn a New Mexico ruling that an Albuquerque business owned by gay marriage opponents violated a state anti-discrimination law in refusing to photograph a same-sex couple’s commitment ceremony.
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N.M. insurance regulator orders equal coverage for married same-sex couples
SANTA FE, N.M. — Insurance companies in New Mexico must provide same-sex married couples with the same discounts and benefits offered to opposite-sex married couples, the state insurance regulator announced Wednesday.
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N.M. Supreme Court hears arguments on legalizing same-sex marriage
SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico’s highest court stepped into the fray over same-sex marriage on Wednesday, hearing arguments in a case expected to give counties across the state uniform policies on the matter.
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N.M. high court says it won’t immediately decide same-sex marriage case
SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico’s highest court says it won’t issue an immediate decision in a case that could decide whether gay marriage is legal statewide.
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N.M. state Supreme Court prepares to hear same-sex marriage case
The five-member New Mexico Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments next Wednesday in a case that could resolve an issue that’s historically stalled in the Democratic-controlled Legislature. New Mexico law doesn’t explicitly authorize or prohibit gay marriage, but lawmakers have refused to ban it or allow for domestic partnerships.
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N.M. GOP lawmakers oppose same-sex marriage in court filing
SANTA FE, N.M. — Nearly two dozen current and former Republican legislators are urging New Mexico’s highest court to declare that state law prohibits same-sex marriage.