New Mexico Same-Sex Couples Sue Seeking Right to Marry
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Two New Mexico same-sex couples sued for the right to marry after being denied licenses to do so by the office of the Albuquerque-based Bernalillo County Clerk, the American Civil Liberties Union said.
“The defendant’s employee, acting upon behalf and under the authority of defendant, stated that he or she could not issue them a license because the couple was of the same sex or because of the sexual orientation of each couple,” according to a copy of the complaint provided by the New York-based ACLU.