marriage equality NM addition
SANTA FE, N.M. -
The state Supreme Court has ruled same-sex marriage to be legal in New Mexico.
The court deemed the term "civil marriage" to mean the voluntary union of two persons.
It ruled that all rights, protections and responsibilities that result from the marital relationship shall apply equally to both same-gender and opposite-gender married couples.
Under any of the New Mexico statutes, rules, regulations or common law, whenever a reference is made to marriage, husband, wife, spouse, family, immediate family, dependent, next of kin, widow, widower or any other word, which, in context, denotes a marital relationship, the same shall apply to same-gender couples who have chosen to marry.
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The state Supreme Court has ruled same-sex marriage to be legal in New Mexico.
The court deemed the term "civil marriage" to mean the voluntary union of two persons.
It ruled that all rights, protections and responsibilities that result from the marital relationship shall apply equally to both same-gender and opposite-gender married couples.
Under any of the New Mexico statutes, rules, regulations or common law, whenever a reference is made to marriage, husband, wife, spouse, family, immediate family, dependent, next of kin, widow, widower or any other word, which, in context, denotes a marital relationship, the same shall apply to same-gender couples who have chosen to marry.
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