New Mexico Attorney General Gary King says he will not challenge a move by the Dona Ana County clerk to issue same-sex marriage licenses.
This is a short clip out of the article, but captures the essence of what the Attorney General Gary King had to say:
King told reporters Wednesday that he didn’t believe state laws prohibiting same-sex marriage were constitutional.
He also said he would not challenge any other county clerk who issued licenses.
Still, King warned that those marriages could be invalid if the state Supreme Court rules that same-sex marriage is not allowed in New Mexico.
website is pukingly disgusting. These are the militant boo foo ers that started all of this crap.
Just as I asked what law school New Mexico's judges got indoctrinated at, I'll ask the same about AG King. Beware of activist legal "experts" who say that something is constitutional or unconstitutional without mentioning the clause in the Constitution which substantiates their assertions.
The states are free to make laws which discriminate on any criterion not expressly protected by the Constitution. This is evidenced by the fact that the Supreme Court had decided in Minor v. Happersett that Virginia Minor couldn't vote because she was a woman regardless of the 14th Amendment.