N.M. attorney general says he won’t defend state’s gay marriage ban

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http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/07/n-m-attorney-general-says-he-wont-defend-states-gay-marriage-ban/

SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico Attorney General Gary King told the state’s highest court on Monday that a prohibition on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional.

In written arguments filed with the court, King said the justices should invalidate the state’s ban on gay marriage if they agree to resolve the issue in a lawsuit filed by two Santa Fe men who were denied a marriage license.


Attorney General Gary King (D-N.M.)
However, King also said the lawsuit wasn’t properly before the high court and, therefore, the justices should deny the men’s request to order the Santa Fe County clerk to issue them a marriage license.

King, a Democrat who plans to run for governor next year against Republican Gov. Susana Martinez, said New Mexico law effectively doesn’t allow gay marriages although there’s no statutory provision that specifically prohibits, or authorizes, gay couples to be married.