Tuesday, August 27, 2013
NM judge: Same-sex marriage is legal
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.
A New Mexico judge Monday declared same-sex marriage legal, ordering the clerk of the state’s most populous county to join two other counties in issuing licenses for gay and lesbian couples.
State District Judge Alan Malott ruled New Mexico’s constitution prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
The Bernalillo County clerk’s office in Albuquerque planned to start issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples at 8 a.m. today.
The decision came after a judge in Santa Fe directed the county clerk there to begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples Friday. But Malott’s ruling was seen as more sweeping because he directly declared that gay marriage was legal.
Many register for San Diego mayor job
SAN DIEGO
People were lining up Monday to run for mayor of San Diego in the aftermath of the sexual-harassment scandal that toppled Bob Filner and led to yet another city employee claiming she was mistreated by the former congressman.
By Monday afternoon, a half-dozen possible candidates had registered paperwork declaring their intentions to run,
UN says nations can’t spy on it
UNITED NATIONS
The United Nations said Monday that it will contact the United States about reports that the National Security Agency hacked its internal communications, and the world body emphasized that international treaties protect its offices and all diplomatic missions from interference, spying and eavesdropping.
U.N. spokesman Farhan Haq said Monday that the United Nations will “reach out” to U.S. officials about the reports of eavesdropping, as it has in the past when such allegations have been raised.
Haq added that “the inviolability of diplomatic missions, including the United Nations and other international organizations, whose functions are protected by the relevant international conventions like the Vienna Convention, has been well-established international law.”
Andes churches plagued by thefts
LA PAZ, Bolivia
The thieves tunneled under the thick walls of the colonial-era Roman Catholic church in the tiny southern Bolivian town of San Miguel de Tomave, emerged through the floor and made off with five 18th-century oil paintings of inestimable value.
It was the third time the highlands church had been plundered of sacred art since 2007. Most of the finely-etched silver that once graced its altar was already gone.
Casinos look to open strip clubs
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.
What if, after seven years of plunging casino revenues and fleeing customers, Atlantic City’s real problem was this: People are wearing too much clothing?
Scores, the famous New York strip club, will open a satellite establishment inside the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort next month — the first strip club inside an Atlantic City casino in the 35 years of legal gambling here.
It will be the most audacious adult offering in an Atlantic City casino, though it’s not the first: Revel has offered the Royal Jelly burlesque show since it opened, the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa hosts a burlesque show every Thursday night, and dancers in bras and panties are common on gambling floors, including at the Tropicana Casino and Resort and the Showboat Casino Hotel.
Associated Press