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New Mexico Must Keep Its Promise on Civil Rights

Five years ago, New Mexico made a promise. When our state passed the New Mexico Civil Rights Act, we declared that the rights guaranteed by the New Mexico Constitution meant something.

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Billboards Celebrate NM Civil Rights Act Fifth Anniversary

To commemorate the five-year anniversary of the New Mexico Civil Rights Act (NMCRA), the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Mexico has placed five billboards praising the landmark law across Albuquerque.
A billboard that says "The NM Civil Rights Act turns five. Justice never gets old" with a "Welcome to New Mexico" sign on it.

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ACLU-NM Applauds AG’s Opinion Supporting Marriage Recognition

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ACLU-NM Challenges Pay Cut For Soldiers Discharged Under DADT

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ACTION ALERT: Urge the Repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

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It's Time to Start Leading Again

Netherlands (2001) Belgium (2003) Spain (2005) Canada (2005) South Africa (2006) Norway (2009) Sweden (2009) Portugal (2010) Iceland (2010) Argentina (2010) . This honor roll includes not just the usual suspects (the socially liberal Netherlands and Nordic countries) but also heavily Catholic countries (Spain, Portugal and Argentina). Add in South Africa, which legalized same-sex marriage a mere twelve years after the fall of Apartheid, and it just starts to get embarrassing. When did we stop leading? Now instead of looking up to America as an example of freedom and equality, other nations look back at us through t

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ACLU Disappointed by Bishops’ Rejection of Domestic Partnership

### The mission of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Mexico is to maintain and advance the cause of civil liberties within the state of New Mexico, with particular emphasis on the freedom of religion, speech, press, association, and assemblage, and the right to vote, due process of law and equal protection of law, and to take any legitimate action in the furtherance and defense of such purposes. These objectives shall be sought wholly without political partisanship.

By Micah McCoy

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New Mexico Agrees to Provide Retirement Health Insurance to Domestic Partners of State Employees

### The mission of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Mexico is to maintain and advance the cause of civil liberties within the state of New Mexico, with particular emphasis on the freedom of religion, speech, press, association, and assemblage, and the right to vote, due process of law and equal protection of law, and to take any legitimate action in the furtherance and defense of such purposes. These objectives shall be sought wholly without political partisanship.

By Micah McCoy

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ACLU Hails California Decision on Marriage for Gay Men and Lesbians

# # # The mission of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Mexico is to maintain and advance the cause of civil liberties within the state of New Mexico, with particular emphasis on the freedom of religion, speech, press, association, and assemblage, and the right to vote, due process of law and equal protection of law, and to take any legitimate action in the furtherance and defense of such purposes. These objectives shall be sought wholly without political partisanship.

By Micah McCoy

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ACLU: School Must Allow Gay-Straight Club

### Related Documents: Letter to Farmington Board of Education . ACLU's Letter to Piedra Vista Principal Ann Gattis . National ACLU LGBT Rights Project

By Micah McCoy