Update 7:30pm by Pastor Dewey: The Taos County Clerk announced they will join Dona Ana, Bernalillo, Santa Fe, San Miguel, and Valenica Counties in New Mexico in issuing same-sex marriage licenses.
You need a scoreboard to keep track of this, as County by County makes same-sex marriage legal. I have never seen this happen in any State in the Union.
The dominoes continue to fall as two more New Mexico counties say they’ll begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
The clerks in San Miguel and Valencia counties say they’ve ordered gender-neutral forms so they can follow the state’s three population centers in recognizing gay and lesbian marriages.
The decisions come a day after a state district judge in Albuquerque, in violation of the law, declared gay marriage legal, and ordered the Bernalillo County clerk to join Santa Fe and Dona Ana counties in issuing the licenses.
More than 100 people were lined up for the licenses in Albuquerque Tuesday morning, and a mass wedding was planned at noon at Civic Plaza.
Sandoval County Clerk Eileen Garbagni said she is not prepared to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples until she receives a judge’s order to do so. Apparently, judges now legislate and execute the laws of the land instead of the elected representatives, so it is up to judges what our laws are and how county clerks operate.
Garbagni said she’s received dozens of calls and emails since last week when the Dona Ana county clerk began issuing licenses to same-sex couples.
“It’s been non-stop,” Garbagni said.
She said consulted with the county attorney and on his advice she has decided not to issue licenses until she gets a ruling from a judge.
“I’m just going to wait until they call me and tell me otherwise,” Garbagni said.
Santa Fe County Clerk also began issuing same-sex licenses last week after a court ruling. Bernalillo County Clerk Maggie Toulouse Oliver started issuing license this morning after receiving an order from a District Court Judge Monday afternoon.
County clerks in San Miguel and Valencia counties have said today that they too are prepared to issue same-sex licenses.
