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Elvis, other Las Vegas wedding chapels refuse to marry same-sex couples
LAS VEGAS — Even though same-sex marriage is now legal in Nevada, a number of Las Vegas wedding chapels are refusing to perform wedding ceremonies for same-sex couples, despite a state public accommodations law that prohibits them from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation.
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Las Vegas visitors bureau celebrates marriage equality with national campaign
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is celebrating marriage equality in Nevada, with a new full page ad appearing in USA Today, hoping to attract same-sex couples to the self-proclaimed “wedding capital of the world.”
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Nevada lawmaker, partner become first same-sex couple married in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS — A Nevada state lawmaker has married his partner, becoming the first same-sex couple married in Las Vegas. State Sen. Kelvin Atkinson wed Sherwood Howard shortly after gay couples began receiving marriage licenses in the wedding capital of the world.
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Nevada begins issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples
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.
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Same-sex marriages on hold in Nevada after Supreme Court justice issues stay
LAS VEGAS — Same-sex couples are being told not to line up Wednesday at the marriage bureau in Las Vegas, after the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily blocked gay marriage in Idaho and Nevada. Clark County Clerk Diane Alba tells The Associated Press it’s clear at least for now that she can’t issue gender-neutral marriage licenses in the self-proclaimed…
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‘Wedding capital’ Las Vegas to begin issuing marriage licenses to gay couples
LAS VEGAS — Gay rights groups celebrated Tuesday and county clerks began making plans to for a burst of marriage applications after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down Nevada’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. In Las Vegas, the self-described “wedding capital,” the county-run marriage license bureau set a 2 p.m. Wednesday…
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Las Vegas offering everything but marriage to LGBT tourists
LAS VEGAS — While same-sex couples still can’t get married in the marriage capital of the world, Las Vegas wants to let them know they – and their money – are more than welcome to the buffet of other activities Sin City has to offer. The city’s tourism authority recently launched its first mainstream TV campaign aimed at the LGBT community: a commercial featuring a hunk and a…
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Las Vegas markets to trendy gays, square straights in new ad campaign
A new print advertising campaign from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is marketing to gay and lesbian travelers with a new twist, promoting that in Sin City, “everyone’s welcome, even straight people.” The stylish, five-ad series from local ad agency R&R Partners, each feature a “stereotypical” representation of a frumpy straight couple surrounded […]
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Lesbian couple denied hospital rights despite legal, domestic partnership
LAS VEGAS, Nev. — A lesbian couple in Nevada was told by an admissions officer at a local hospital that they would need a medical power of attorney for one partner to make decisions for another in the event of a crisis, despite being in a legal domestic partnership sanctioned by the state.
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Transgender teen allowed in boys’ graduate procession after TV station steps in
LAS VEGAS, Nev. — A Las Vegas high school student, who came out as transgender male to family and friends last year, will be able to walk in his high school graduation ceremony with the rest of his male classmates after a local television station interceded with school officials.