NM Clerk Resigns After State Legalizes Gay Marriage; Would Rather Quit Than 'Be Associated With That'
United State Supreme Court Building (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) A county clerk and chief deputy clerk in New Mexico resigned from their positions after the state's Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage last week. Roosevelt County Clerk Donna Carpenter and Deputy Clerk Janet Collins resigned from their posts early Friday morning, one day after the state's Supreme Court ruled that barring same-sex couples from marrying violates the state's constitutional right to equal protection. Although an official reason for the clerks' resignation has not been provided, county commissioners have told the Associated Press and other media outlets that both Collins and Carpenter made their intention of quitting clear, should same-sex marriage be legalized in the state. Roosevelt County Commissioner Bill Cathey told AP that the two had made it apparent that they would quit "rather than be associated with that … she told us in the past that's what she would do,"