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NM: Governor’s Hairstylist Drops Her Over Anti Marriage Equality Stance

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

New Mexico Governor and Marriage EqualityNew Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez needs a new hairdresser — or a new stance on gay marriage. Martinez was recently dropped by her hair stylist, Antonio Darden, who is gay.

Darden told a local news station that he cut the governor’s hair three times, but won’t do it again as long as she continues to oppose gay marriage.

“The governor’s aides called not too long ago, wanting another appointment to come in,” he told KOB-TV. “Because of her stances and her views on this, I told her aides no. They called the next day, asking if I’d changed my mind about taking the governor in and I said no.”

Full Story from the NY Daily News

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NM: DOMA Bill Defeated

Thursday, February 16th, 2012

New Mexico Anti Gay Marriage BillNew Mexico State Representative David Chavez’ HJR-22, aka Super-DOMA, has been defeated. Sorry for the delay on this, but confirmation finally did come through that the House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee effectively killed the measure. The session is now over, and the bill dead for this year.

Equality New Mexico stated “Thanks to those of you who wrote emails, made phone calls, and attended yesterday’s committee meeting to support New Mexico’s families and oppose this discriminatory piece of legisaltion.”

Full Story from Lez Get Real

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NM: Anti Gay Politician Reintroduces Anti Marriage Equality Bill

Wednesday, February 15th, 2012

New Mexico Anti Gay Marriage BillWell here is a nice how-do-you-do. Apparently, Representative Devid Chavez has reintroduced his super-DOMA bill today after pulling it from consideration just before it was set to go before the House Consumer & Public Affairs Committee. With time ticking down to the end of the session, Chavez has decided to use Valentine’s Day as his day to pull this.

The HCPAC heard the bill at 8:30 AM.

Full Story from Lez Get Real.

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NM: Marriage Equality Ban Bill Pulled

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

New Mexico Gay Marriage BanProgress New Mexico has sent out word that Representative David Chavez, a Republican, has withdrawn his DOMA bill from consideration. They wrote that:

I’ve just come from the floor of the House where I learned that Rep.David Chavez (R-Valencia County) has withdrawn his “super-DOMA” bill from consideration!

His bill to enshrine discrimination in our constitution, and prevent New Mexico from ever recognizing all healthy and loving relationships, was set to be heard in less than 24 hours, but your work helped to defeat it!

Full Story from Lez Get Real

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NM: State Representative Introduces Marriage Equality Ban

Saturday, January 28th, 2012

New Mexico State Rep. David Chavez on Tuesday introduced a proposed constitutional amendment which would define marriage as a heterosexual union.

If approved by lawmakers and voters in November, the amendment would bar the state from recognizing gay and lesbian couples with marriage, civil unions and possibly domestic partnerships.

Chavez, a freshman Republican representative, is an attorney from Los Lunas.

Full Story From On Top Magazine

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NM: New Poll Shows Support Growing for Marriage Equality

Saturday, December 24th, 2011

New York Gay Marriage PollSupport for marriage equality is growing in New Mexico, a state that has neither legalized nor explicitly banned marriage for same-sex couples (though it does not recognize same-sex marriage performed elsewhere).

Via Public Policy Polling:

Our recent polling suggests that the Mountain West is moving toward support for gay marriage. 45% of New Mexico voters think it should be legal to 43% who believe it should be illegal. We also found narrows pluralities in support of gay marriage on recent Nevada and Colorado polls. When you expand the discussion to include civil unions 67% of New Mexicans support some form of legal recognition for gay couples to only 32% completely opposed.

Full Story from The Advocate

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NM: US Senate Candidate Supports Marriage Equality

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

State Auditor Hector Balderas, who is running for U.S. Senate in New Mexico and must defeat Rep. Martin Heinrich in the Democratic primary, tells the New Mexico Independent that he supports marriage equality:

“Absolutely. But more importantly than that, I’ve been advocating for civil rights for almost all my life,” said Balderas. “I’m an attorney, I was a prosecutor that fought hard for victims’ rights. So, any type of discrimination in this country really needs to be addressed swiftly.”

Full Story from Towleroad.com

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NM: Poll Shows 48% Oppose, 42% Support Marriage Equality

Friday, July 8th, 2011

New mexico Gay Marriage PollNew Mexico may not be ready to follow New York into the group of states that have legalized gay marriage. A new poll finds a majority of voters here oppose same-sex marriage.

Few issues divide people like gay marriage does, but the poll from Public Policy Polling shows 10 percent of us here in New Mexico still aren’t sure where we are on this one. 48 percent say no – don’t make it legal, while 42 percent say yes – put it in the law books. The “no” votes seem to have the edge, but the “not sure” element keeps it from looking like a done deal.

Supporters of gay marriage, like Neil Macernie of Albuquerque Pride, said the poll is not discouraging. “Polling data really kind of helps us out, to understand where we need to do our work,” Macernie said. “In New Mexico I think we’ve always been a politically balanced state. I think that gives us the opportunity to make a change.”

Full Story from KOB.com

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New Mexico Senator Tom Udall Comes Out for Marriage Equality

Wednesday, May 18th, 2011

Senator Tom UdallSen. Tom Udall of New Mexico is the latest senator to support repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act, the Calif.-based LGBT advocacy group Courage Campaign announced on Tuesday.

Udall is the 24th sponsor of the senate bill, introduced in March by Calif. senator Dianne Feinstein, that would repeal the 1996 law prohibiting federal recognition of same-sex marriages.

The House version of the Respect for Marriage Act, introduced by New York Rep. Jerry Nadler, currently has 111 cosponsors (the 2009 version of the bill ultimately attracted 120 cosponsors).

Full Story from The Advocate

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NM: Senators Urged to Support Repeal of DOMA

Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011

A new effort from New Mexico advocates and the Courage Campaign urges U.S. senators Jeff Bingaman and Mark Udall to support legislation that would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act.

Marriage equality advocates joined by LGBT activist Cleve Jones hand delivered more than 1,000 messages to the senators’ offices in Albuquerque on Monday. The messages, which ask the senators to support the DOMA repeal legislation sponsored by Senator Diane Feinstein of California, were gathered by the Courage Campaign, partner organization Progress New Mexico, and Democracy for New Mexico, a political blog.

According to a news release, “On April 27, Mary Ellen Broderick and Barb Wold, a lesbian couple living in Albuquerque for the past 18 years and publishers of the Democracy for New Mexico blog, wrote to the three organizations’ members and readers in the state, alerting them that Sens. Bingaman and Udall are not co-sponsors of Sen. Feinstein’s legislation.

Full Story from The Advocate

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