New Mexico’s GOP legislators file brief opposing same-sex marriage in state supreme court case 24, By Thomaston Dozens Single adult ready dating horny grandmothers of Republican state legislators have submitted an amicus brief to the New Mexico supreme court in opposition to same-sex marriage. According to the Associated Press, pro-equality groups like the ACLU of New Mexico have also submitted briefs; those raise arguments in favor of marriage equality. EqualityOnTrial doesn’t have the brief yet, UPDATE: brief below but the reports point to a few arguments made by state Republican lawmakers, and they appear to be the same as most other legal arguments in opposition to same-sex marriage. They write that the courts should exercise caution: The lawmakers said that “the judiciary should exercise caution when asked to divine fundamental and important constitutional rights not expressly provided in the Constitution’s text.” And although New Mexico doesn’t explicitly ban or affirm marriage equality, the group of Republican legislators argue that state law should be construed against same-sex couples wh want to -: the GOP lawmakers said the law bans same-sex marriage because state statutes contain a marriage license application with sections for male and female applications and there are other provisions in law that refer to “husband” and “wife. The new briefs are being filed in anticipation of the state supreme court’s hearing on October 23. Filings were due Monday, 23. Eight counties in the state had begun offering marriage licenses to same-sex couples before the state’s highest courts agreed to decide the issue. The pro-equality groups pointed out the harms to same-sex couples that come from denying them marriage: In contrast, the attorneys for six same-sex couples who filed a lawsuit earlier this year against the Bernalillo County and Fe County clerks argued that denying the couples access to marriage benefits was unconstitutional. CONTINUES FULL STORY: