Clark County NV

Being gay “goes against our Constitution,” school board candidate John Carlo ranted in a viral video clip.

Wendell Melton killed his 14 year-old son two months after he came out over two years ago, but has yet to go to trial.

The county’s Marriage License Bureau has handed out nearly 19,500 licenses since early October, including for same-sex couples. It typically issues more than 80,000 annually.

LAS VEGAS — A dizzying legal wrangle is over in the wedding capital of the world as same-sex couples began receiving marriage licenses in Las Vegas and other Nevada cities on Thursday afternoon. Same-sex couples cheered at the marriage license bureau in Las Vegas as frustration gave way to elation and the first licenses were issued.

LAS VEGAS — The Clark County, Nev., Republican Party edited its official platform statement over the weekend to remove a section defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman, cut out a statement opposing abortion and added a section affirming people of all sexual orientations.