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New Mexico judge orders county clerks to issue same sex marriage licenses

New Mexico judge orders county clerks to issue same sex marriage licenses

A New Mexico judge ordered the county clerks in Bernalillo and Santa Fe Counties to begin issuing marriage licenses to same sex couples on Tuesday. According to a press release from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Judge Alan Malott of the Second Judicial District Court of the State of New Mexico ruled that to deny same sex couples the right to marry violates the state constitution.