NM: Domestic partners to get state benefits per ACLU settlement

KRQE.com: “The American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday announced that the state has settled a two-year-old lawsuit, agreeing to provide retirement health insurance to the domestic partners of state employees.”

ACLU press release: New Mexico Agrees To Provide Retirement Health Insurance To Domestic Partners Of State Employees
“The lawsuit charged that it was a violation of the state constitution’s equal protection guarantees for the state to treat lesbian and gay employees differently from its straight employees.”