{"id":20200,"date":"2010-08-03T13:44:04","date_gmt":"2010-08-03T19:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=20200"},"modified":"2010-08-03T13:44:06","modified_gmt":"2010-08-03T19:44:06","slug":"denish-supports-domestic-partnership-law-martinez-doesn%e2%80%99t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2010\/08\/denish-supports-domestic-partnership-law-martinez-doesn%e2%80%99t\/","title":{"rendered":"Denish supports domestic partnership law; Martinez doesn\u2019t"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_8030\"  class=\"wp-caption module image alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8030\" title=\"Roundhouse\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Roundhouse-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Roundhouse-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Roundhouse-336x252.jpg 336w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Roundhouse.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Roundhouse in Santa Fe (Photo by Peter St. Cyr)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Democratic gubernatorial candidate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dianedenish.com\/\">Diane Denish<\/a> supports a domestic partner benefits law, while her Republican opponent, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.susanamartinez2010.com\/\">Susana Martinez<\/a>, does not.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s according to The New Mexico Independent, which asked both candidates what they think about the issue. From <a href=\"http:\/\/newmexicoindependent.com\/60699\/diane-denish-susana-martinez-weigh-in-on-domestic-partnerships\">the Independent\u2019s article<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cMartinez is frank in explaining why she doesn\u2019t support domestic partnerships.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018I don\u2019t think it is necessary. It is not a law I would sign,\u2019 Martinez said last week.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Opponents of a domestic partnership law argue that state law already gives same-sex couples the rights they need to \u201cplan inheritances, make end-of-life decisions for partners and do all the other things that spouses do for one another,\u201d the Independent reported.<\/p>\n<p>Supporters of such a law, like Denish, disagree. From the article:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c\u2018This is not just about eliminating discrimination and doing what\u2019s right, it\u2019s also about economics,\u2019 Denish spokesman Chris Cervini said this week. \u2018Domestic partnerships allow adults in committed relationships to plan inheritances, make health-care decisions and build wealth together. During these difficult times,\u00a0we should be encouraging families to build and accrue wealth.\u2019\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic gubernatorial candidate Diane Denish supports a domestic partner benefits law, while her Republican opponent, Susana Martinez, does not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1],"tags":[108,183,107],"class_list":["post-20200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","category-uncategorized","tag-2010-election","tag-issues","tag-roundhouse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20200\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}