It was an explosion of cheers last night after the Santa Fe City Council voted 5 - 3 to allow clerks to issue marriage licenses to gay couples. The vote comes on the heel of last month's revelation that New Mexico actually might already allow for marriage equality.

Details and video after the jump.

Updated at 2:50 p.m. EST with video of a local news report

It sounds like a stereotypical sassy punch line from one of our stories about Oklahoma bigot Sally Kern, but now it's actually come true: anti-gay New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez has pissed off her hair stylist to the point where he's officially abandoning the lawmaker's hair. Details follow.