Gay marriage in new mexico

The turning point came when the New Mexico Supreme Court ruled in that denying marriage licenses to same-sex couples was unconstitutional. For more than 90 years, the ACLU has been our nation's guardian of liberty, working in courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.

Get Involved. We hold that the State of New Mexico is constitutionally required to allow same-gender couples to marry and must extend to them the rights, protections, and responsibilities that derive from civil marriage under New Mexico law.

Same-sex marriage became legal throughout New Mexico ten years ago on Tuesday. On August 24,Linda Siegle and Liz Stefanics were the first same-sex couple to wed in Santa Fe County.

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But the story of same-sex marriage didn’t start there. This landmark decision paved the way for same-sex marriage to be recognized across the state, thus aligning New Mexico with the growing national trend toward marriage equality. Facebook X Reddit Email Print.

The Supreme Court agreed to hear the case and heard oral argument on October With this ruling, New Mexico joins 16 other states, the District of Columbia, and at least eight Native American tribes that permit same-sex couples to marry.

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The Doña Ana County Clerk had issued marriage licenses to same-sex couples several days before. The more than same-sex couples who have already married in New Mexico can now rest certain knowing their marriages will be recognized and respected by our state.

Same-sex marriage became legally recognized statewide in New Mexico through a ruling of the New Mexico Supreme Court on December 19,requiring county clerks to issue marriage licenses to all qualified couples regardless of gender.

This is an important day, not only for New Mexico, but for the entire country. Until then, same-sex couples could only obtain marriage licenses in certain counties of the state. The six couples who are plaintiffs in the case filed a lawsuit seeking the freedom to marry in March All 33 New Mexico County Clerks then intervened in the lawsuit and filed a petition asking the New Mexico Supreme Court to provide a statewide ruling on whether same-sex couples can marry.

Leave this field blank. Eight of the 33 counties, covering 58% of the state's.