HB518 designates the fourth Tuesday of January of each odd-numbered year as "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Expansive Day" in New Mexico to recognize the supposed cultural, economic, and historic contributions of individuals identifying as "lesbian," "gay," "bisexual," "transgender," "queer," or "expansive." This public holiday is intended to "honor" past, present, and future leaders of the LGBTQ+ movement.
The New Mexico House of Representatives passed HB518 on March 13, 2025 by a vote of 43 to 11. We have assigned pluses to the nays because this legislation promotes "woke" LGBTQ+ identity-based recognition, which fosters division and sanctions grossly illicit acts of sexual perversion. Homosexual behavior is contrary to the "Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God," undermining self-government and the family. It attacks the very foundations of a free society. Nothing in the U.S. Constitution can be used to support homosexuality. No amount of "LGBTQ+" legislation can make normal, let alone constitutional, that which truth has told us since time immemorial to abominable and shameful.
