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Bushee said she expected the issue to reach the New Mexico Supreme Court. [55] On April 24, 2013, by a vote of five to one with two abstentions, the Santa Fe City Council passed a motion recognizing same-sex marriage as legal in New Mexico and advising county clerks to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. [56]
On December 19, 2013, the New Mexico Supreme Court ruled that the state must provide same-sex couples with the same marriage rights as different-sex couples, making New Mexico the 17th U.S. state to recognize same-sex marriage. [20] New Mexico has provided benefits to same-sex partners of state employees since 2003. [21]
The first legally-recognized same-sex marriage occurred in Minneapolis, [3] Minnesota, in 1971. [4] On June 26, 2015, in the case of Obergefell v. Hodges, the Supreme Court overturned Baker v. Nelson and ruled that marriage is a fundamental right guaranteed to all citizens, and thus legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
[84] [g] Governor Chris Christie, who had vetoed legislation legalizing same-sex marriage in February 2012, [86] filed an appeal to the New Jersey Supreme Court, but withdrew it after the court refused to stay the lower court's ruling. [87] Eight New Mexico counties, either on the basis of a court decision or their clerks' own volition, began ...
This category contains articles regarding case law decided by the courts of New Mexico. Pages in category "New Mexico state case law" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
The New Mexico state Supreme Court unanimously ruled Thursday that several local ordinances restricting abortion rights violate state law, and struck down ones adopted by Lea and Roosevelt ...
Abortion is legal in New Mexico, which has become a destination for women seeking abortions from Texas and other states that have banned the procedure following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in ...
2012 – A federal appeals court upholds the district court decision that struck down California's ban on same-sex marriage (the case was appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court). [ 5 ] 2012 – North Carolina amends its state constitution by a vote to outlaw both same-sex marriage and polygamy, bringing the total to 30 states that have outlawed ...