From New Mexico FBIHOP:State Dems may add gay marriage to party platform

State Dems may add gay marriage to party platform
by: LP
Wed Apr 22, 2009 at 12:01:45 PM MDT

With the recent additions of Iowa and Vermont (not to mention Washington D.C.) to the ranks of states that allow same-sex marriage, some New Mexico Democrats hope the Land of Enchantment joins that short list soon.
Some New Mexico Democrats are pushing for the legalization of same-sex marriage to be added to the Democratic Party platform. In this year's session, domestic partnership failed after a floor vote in the Senate, but Gov. Bill Richardson is open to adding the domestic partnership proposal to a special session later this year.

"If the marriage resolution passed, that should send some message to legislators that action should be taken," Liz Stefanics, a state party central committee member, Santa Fe County commissioner and former state senator, told the Albuquerque Journal.

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