{"id":6382,"date":"2013-08-28T07:30:26","date_gmt":"2013-08-28T13:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/?p=6382"},"modified":"2013-08-28T07:30:26","modified_gmt":"2013-08-28T13:30:26","slug":"new-mexico-is-not-just-another-domino-regarding-marriage-equity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/loco\/new-mexico-is-not-just-another-domino-regarding-marriage-equity\/","title":{"rendered":"New Mexico is not just another domino regarding marriage equity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former governor Lew Wallace famously said, &#8220;All calculations based on our experiences elsewhere fail in New Mexico.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abqjournal.com\/254356\/north\/unique-legal-situation-led-to-decisions-on-marriage.html\">Unique legal situation led to decisions on marriage | ABQJournal Online<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abqjournal.com\/author\/jmonteleone\">James Monteleone \/ Journal Staff Writer<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>New Mexico is on track to become the 14th state in the nation to allow same-sex marriage \u2013 without the issue ever being approved by the state\u2019s voters, the Legislature or the New Mexico Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abqjournal.com\/254356\/north\/unique-legal-situation-led-to-decisions-on-marriage.html\">Unique legal situation led to decisions on marriage | ABQJournal Online<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Although I like the phrase &#8220;marriage equity&#8221; (or is it &#8220;marriage equality&#8221;?), I&#8217;m surprised how quickly the phrase caught on and how quickly &#8220;same-sex marriage&#8221; took a backseat. Political rephrasing is usually the work of conservatives, but not in this case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former governor Lew Wallace famously said, &#8220;All calculations based on our experiences elsewhere fail in New Mexico.&#8221; Unique legal situation led to decisions on marriage | ABQJournal Online by James Monteleone \/ Journal Staff Writer New Mexico is on track to become the 14th state in the nation to allow same-sex marriage \u2013 without the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/loco\/new-mexico-is-not-just-another-domino-regarding-marriage-equity\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">New Mexico is not just another domino regarding marriage equity<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-loco"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6382"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6384,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6382\/revisions\/6384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}