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Nevada becomes first articulate to recognize male lover marriage in express constitution
Nevada voters overturned an 18-year-old exclude on same-sex marriage, making the express the first to enshrine gay couples’ right to unite in its constitution.
Question 2 on Nevada ballots asked voters whether they assist an amendment identifying marriage “as between couples regardless of gender.”
The “Marriage Regardless of Gender Amendment” also asked if religious organizations and clergy retained the right “to decline to solemnize a marriage.”
The results were 62 percent in favor and 38 percent against, according to the Nevada secretary of mention, with more than three-fourths of the votes counted.
“It feels good that we let the voters decide,” Equality Nevada President Chris Davin told NBC News. “The people said this, not judges or lawmakers. This was direct democracy — it’s how everything should be.”
It was a voter referendum in 2002 that originally changed the Nevada Constitution to define marriage as between “a male and female person.”
A domestic partnership law was passed by the Legislature in 2009, overriding a veto by then-Gov. Jim Gibbons.
Same-sex marriage wasn’t acknowledged in the declare until
RENO, Nev. (BP) – Nevada has amended its constitution to preserve same-sex marriage and concurrently exempted clergy and pastors from litigation if they refuse to accomplish such unions.
Previously one of 30 states with constitutions limiting marriage to one man and one woman, Nevada became the first to remove the provision when a ballot question was approved Nov. 3 by 62.5 percent of voters.
Nevada Baptist Convention Executive Director Kevin White lamented the state protection for gay marriage and questioned whether the protection for pastors refusing to carry out such marriages would survive potential court challenges.
“We of course strongly support the biblical description of marriage (between one man and one woman),” White said. “We did appreciate the protections that they were putting for pastors who would refuse to deeds same-sex marriage; but at the same time, we’re deeply concerned that these protections could easily be removed and place biblical pastors in legal battles that could destroy churches financially.”
The amendment institutionalizes in the state’s constitution a right to same-sex marriage regardless of the U.S. Supreme Court de
Nevada voters overturned a ban on lgbtq+ marriage, making it the first mention to recognize male lover couples' right to marry in its constitution. The right to same-sex marriage was one four new amendments to the state constitution, which also included a Voters' Bill of Rights and a renewable force mandate.
The voters decisively approved initiatives that appeared on declare ballots as Scrutinize 2, Question 3, Question 4 and Question 6. The fate of Doubt 1 - a proposal to accept away the Board of Regents' constitutional responsibility to oversee higher education policy decisions - remained too early to call with a large number of ballots yet to be counted as of Wednesday afternoon.
By passing Question 2, Nevada voters removed an inactive queer marriage ban from the state constitution. Voters had effectively banned same-sex marriage in Nevada by passing a constitutional amendment in the 2000 and 2002 elections, CBS affiliate KTVN reported. The measure's passage ensures gay marriage will persist state law even if a future U.S. Supreme Court overturns its 2015 decision legalizing it throughout the country.
"This overwhelming majority should be a reminder that LGBTQ equ
The Freedom to Marry in Nevada
Winning Marriage:October 9, 2014
Same-sex couples began marrying in Nevada on October 9, 2014 after the Merged States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled in favor of the freedom to wedding in a federal legal case challenging the state’s anti-marriage laws. The 9th Circuit ruling followed the United States Supreme Court’s October 6, 2014 ruling to deny review of pro-marriage orders from three other federal appellate courts.
History and the Path to Victory:
- November 5, 2002: Opponents of the freedom to marry in Nevada thrust through Question 2, a constitutional amendment denying lgbtq+ couples the freedom to marry and any other legal family status. The amendment cements clearly discriminatory language into the Nevada Constitution.
- 2003-2009: As Americans nationwide engage in conversations about why marriage matters, national and local advocates in Nevada take strides toward increasing understanding of homosexual couples and their families.
- May 30, 2009: The Nevada Legislature overrides Governor Jim Gibbons' veto of Nevada’s recognition of domestic partnerships, ensuring that the state grants