AP Published on Jan 16, 2015 Setting the stage for a potentially historic ruling, the Supreme Court announced Friday it will decide whether same-sex couples have a right to marry everywhere in America under the Constitution. (Jan. 15)
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Santa Fe Reporter January 15, 2015 A state District Court judge has ordered the New Mexico Department of Health to issue a medical marijuana producer’s license to a Santa Fe Medical Marijuana. read more via Santa Fe Reporter
September 5, 2013 Albuquerque Journal Los Alamos county clerk Sharon Stover refused to issue a Los Alamos same sex marriage license to Janet Newton and Maria Thibodeau after District Court Judge Sheri Raphaelson ruled that same sex couples are entitled to be married in New Mexico. Sharon Stover went before a judge to defend her decision to defy a court…
August 29, 2013 Carol A. Clark Los Alamos Daily Post Los Alamos County Clerk Sharon Stover has been ordered by District Judge Sheri Raphaelson to issue a marriage license to the same sex couple turned away Tuesday. “Judge Raphaelson signed our writ this afternoon and is ordering the clerk to issue my clients the marriage license or appear before her…
Santa Fe Reporter June 27, 2014 Egolf + Ferlic + Day petitions high court on same sex marriage case. Brian Egolf said today he petitioned the state Supreme Court to compel the Santa Fe County Clerk Geraldine Salazar to issue a marriage license to a local same sex couple, Yon Hudson and Alex Hanna. “The idea is we’ve got clients that want…
Fernanda Santos, N.Y. Times, June 7, 2013 Under pressure from legislators and a vigorous campaign by religious and civil rights groups to legalize same-sex marriage in New Mexico, the state’s attourney general, Gary King, cautioned by city clerks on Thursday against issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples – but at the same time invited litigation, saying that the state’s statute…
John Severance, Los Alamos Monitor, April 20, 2013 Zeynep Unal, a Turkish-born special education teacher who has been employed by the Los Alamos Public Schools since 2005, is suing the district for violations of the New Mexico Human Rights Act, defamation and breach of contract. The suit claims that Unal continues to suffer from loss of income, severe emotional distress,…