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The recent victory by same-sex marriage advocates in New Jersey and courtroom struggles everywhere have refocused the spotlight on homosexual marriage in the countries, a tendency that legal experts forecast in the wake of U.S. Supreme Court rulings in June. Some of state Supreme Court cases were contended - along with forthcoming legislative conflicts in at least 2 more states - may prove important in the debate over homosexual marriage.

WISCONSIN. The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday tested the bounds of what would define a "Domestic partnership" in the country without breaking up a voter-approved constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.

Opponents of same-sex marriage sued the state within the domestic partnership registry, asserting that it violates the gay marriage ban passed by Republicans in 2006. The justices questioned attorneys for each side about what changes would have to be made to conserve the law under the country's gay marriage ban. Christopher Clark, an attorney with the homosexual advocacy group Lambda Legal, countered that the partnership is indeed restricted, both from a legal standpoint and also from the benefits it allows, that it's far enough removed to be considered constitutional. He pointed out that, for legal purposes, the federal government refuses to recognize domestic partnerships despite the Supreme Court's gay marriage ruling last summer.

Wisconsin Republicans announced that the same-sex marriage ban in 2006 by almost 20 percentage points, but Democrats - then in control of state government - approved a domestic partner registry. Wisconsin Family Action, which supported the suit, has likened the registry to a backdoor union to subvert the will of Republicans. NEW MEXICO. The majority of the New Mexico Supreme Court asked questions Wednesday of attorneys asserting that same-sex marriage is banned by state law. In just two hours of discussions, the justices pressed attorney James Campbell, representing more than two dozen Republican lawmakers, as to whether existing law prohibits same-sex marriage and, even in case it does, what interest the state has in continuing that policy.

The question is important because New Mexico is the only state in the U.S. Without a law that explicitly prohibits or allows same-sex marriage. Campbell argued that when the country's marriage laws were enacted more than a century past, policymakers had no reason to consider same-sex marriage as a potential. Along with that, he argued, lawmakers and judges have for many years assumed marriage was limited to one person and one woman, so state law should be understood as always banning homosexual marriage. He mentioned decisions in four other states confirming that definition of marriage. A number of justices questioned his argument, with Justice Charles Daniels asking why lawmakers have attempted to present measures to prohibit gay marriage if it's already prohibited.

Campbell confronted cynical questions about why the state should prohibit homosexual marriage, with justices pointing out that the state recognizes same-sex marriages. The attorney general, Democrat Gary King, has denied to prohibit counties. Others wondered aloud how they could declare the state's ban on gay marriage unconstitutional when it's not clear that such a ban exists. Campell contended the country had the right under its own constitution to prohibit gay marriage, and that lawmakers have employed it. ILLINOIS. The next round of Illinois homosexual marriage debate began Tuesday, when lawmakers gathered for the first of 2 veto sessions. The state Senate approved a same-sex marriage bill in February and Democratic Gov.

Pat Quinn said he'd sign it. In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court rulings, the state Democratic Party unanimously approved a resolution calling on its members to encourage a marriage measure. From the early and mid-1990 s, supporters of homosexual marriage believed victories in Hawaii asserting that the state's practice of forbidding same-sex unions was unconstitutional. Many say it was a 1993 ruling by the state Supreme Court enabling same-sex marriage that triggered the debate nationwide - and - directed lawmakers there to enact a ban a year after.

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