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Dona Ana County Commission Unanimously Passes Resolution in Support of State Domestic Partnership Bill

By Evan Woodward

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Las Cruces, NM – Tuesday morning the Dona Ana County Board of Commissioners unanimously passed a resolution urging state lawmakers in Santa Fe to pass a bill which would provide domestic partner benefits to both homosexual and heterosexual couples. As KRWG's Evan Woodward reports, County officials are hastily trying to get their resolution to Santa Fe in time for Wednesday afternoon's joint Senate committee hearing on the bill.