New Mexico update -- Republican governor may repeal domestic partner benefits

One day after New Mexico Attorney General Gary King released an opinion that same-sex marriages performed elsewhere would be recognized in New Mexico, the new Republican governor, Susana Martinez, said she is reviewing whether to eliminate domestic partner benefits for state employees. Both same-sex and different-sex couples receive those benefits, as a result of an executive order signed by

New Mexico may be heading for showdown over marriage recognition

New Mexico elected a Republican governor, Susana Martinez, who took office earlier this week. Now the state's Democratic Attorney General, Gary King, has issued an opinion that marriages of same-sex couples performed where legally allowed will likely to considered valid marriages in New Mexico. He cited as support a 20-year-old court ruling that a marriage between an uncle and a niece, valid

Contemplating gay and lesbian families in New Mexico in 2010

I'll be heading home to DC tomorrow from our annual end-of-year sojourn to our second home in Las Cruces, NM. There's lots to keep an eye on in New Mexico in the coming weeks.On January 1, 2010, New Mexico's new parentage laws go into effect. Read Sections 7-703 & 704 of the new statute. It says that "a person who...consents to assisted reproduction...with the intent to be the parent of a