Friday, December 26, 2008

from the New Mexican - Senator: State might pass domestic-partner measure

The chairman of the state Senate Judiciary Committee, who intends to introduce a measure to establish domestic partnerships — allowing any couple, including same-sex couples to enjoy all rights and responsibilities that state law gives to married couples — says he believes there are enough votes in the Legislature to pass a bill.

Sen. Cisco McSorley, D-Albuquerque, is optimistic because of election gains by progressive Democrats this year in the Legislature.

"It has a great chance of passing," McSorley said in a recent interview, "There's a lot of new legislators who are for it who have replaced legislators who were against it."

Read the entire story at the Santa Fe New Mexican website:

http://www.santafenewmexican.com/SantaFeNorthernNM/state-legislature-Senator--Domestic-partner-measure-may-pass

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