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Aug 29, 2013

ACLU Responds to County Clerks Intervening in Freedom to Marry Lawsuit

ALBUQUERQUE, NM—Today, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Mexico welcomed the news that all 33 County Clerks in New Mexico intervened in the freedom to marry...

Aug 29, 2013

Frequently Asked Questions about Marriage for Same-Sex Couples in New Mexico.

The past two weeks have been filled with historic 'firsts' here in New Mexico. A state judge has declared that denying the freedom to marry to committed, loving same-sex couples is unconstitutional, and issued...

Aug 26, 2013

NM Judge Orders Bernalillo and Santa Fe County Clerks to Issue Marriage Licenses to Same-Sex Couples

ALBUQUERQUE, NM--Today, Judge Alan Malott of the Second Judicial District Court of the State of New Mexico ordered the county clerks of Bernalillo and Santa Fe Counties to begin...

Aug 23, 2013

ACLU Marriage Plaintiffs Tie the Knot During Cancer Treatment in Santa Fe

ALBUQUERQUE, NM—Today, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Mexico applauded the Santa Fe District Court’s decision to allow loving, committed same-sex...

Aug 21, 2013

Pojoaque woman suffering from life-threatening brain cancer asks court to let her marry her partner of 21 years

SANTA FE, NM—Today, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Mexico, the national ACLU, and the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) filed an emergency request...

Aug 21, 2013

ACLU Responds to Doña Ana County Clerk’s Announcement that He Will Issue Marriage Licenses to Same-Sex Couples

ALBUQUERQUE, NM—This morning, same sex couples in Doña Ana County began receiving marriage licenses after County Clerk Lynn Ellins announced his office would issue them. The...