celebrate it some state lawmakers are focusing on marriage and family issues - one of their bills would ma it harder for new mexicans to get married - stuart dyson is live at the capitol with how that would work. in new mexico it's easier to get a marriage license than a driver's license - the bill would require minute thumbnail 06:15 pm people to take a class in personal communication and conflict resolution before they get the license to get hitched. a pro-marriage rally outside the capitol - and we're definitely not talking same-sex marriage here - these rally-goers - and conservative lawmakers - are focused on the old-fashioned man-woman thing. " marriage is about moms and dads raising kids - that's what marriage is - that's all that marriage is - it's not about anything else - and until we can understand that - until we can focus on that - we're gonna continue to do things to destroy our families." republican lawmakers are promoting legislation aimed at reducing teen pregnancy - unwed parents - divorce. " this is about our kids - this is about raising our children - the reason we come together - okay - is for our children - we're here and the reason we get married most of the time is we get married for you know - our children." but the minute thumbnail 06:16 pm legislature knows there are all kinds of types of families. " right now the other half of the families aren't one man one woman - they're very different looking families - some headed by a single mom - some by a single dad - some by two people of the same gender - we've got lots of different varieties of family in this society." whatever your definition of marriage is - happy val
