‘A lawless state’: Gay ‘marriage’ comes to some New Mexico counties by judicial fiat
ALBUQUERQUE, – Same-sex “marriage” has come to portions of New Mexico by judicial fiat. Six of the state's 33 counties – Bernalillo, Doña Ana, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Taos, and Valencia counties – have begun issuing marriage licenses to homosexual couples, some after judicial orders and some voluntarily. However, state law does not provide for same-sex “marriage.” New Mexico is the only state to have no law either allowing or forbidding such unions. Without a specific law forbidding gay “marriage,” rogue officials began issuing licenses, and activist judges began ruling that the state's commitment to fighting “discrimination” ipso facto legalizes “marriage equality.” Last Wednesday, Doña Ana County Clerk Lynn Ellins decided to begin issuing licenses to gay couples, law or no law. By week's end, 137 couples had received the licenses, which substitute “spouse and spouse” for “bride and groom.” Attorney General Gary King, a Democrat, said, although the rog