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Transgender Republican candidate makes bid for Nevada state Assembly
RENO, Nev. — A Nevada Republican is trying to unseat an incumbent Democratic assemblyman in a blue-collar district in Sparks to become the first openly transgender person to serve in a state legislature. Lauren Scott used to be a Democrat who worked on Sen. John Kerry’s 2004 presidential campaign, and she has her picture with […]
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Nevada officials oppose rehearing of same-sex marriage case
LAS VEGAS — Gov. Brian Sandoval says Nevada will oppose an effort by opponents of same-sex marriages to get the full 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to hear arguments to reinstate a ban on on same-sex marriage in the Silver State.
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Nevada issues 255 marriage licenses to same-sex couples in first week
LAS VEGAS — Of the 2,344 couples who lined up at marriage license bureaus across the state in the seven days after courts put an end to the state’s gay marriage ban, about 255 were same-sex couples. The figures were based on polling by The Associated Press of each county clerk.
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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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The week in review: The latest developments in marriage equality…
Same-sex couples won the right to wed in Alaska and Arizona on Friday, after separate court decisions ended bans in those states. And a third ruling in Wyoming means marriages there could begin within a week. The rulings bookend two weeks of legal wrangling, triggered by a U.S. Supreme Court decision last week that effectively legalized same-sex marriage …
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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 gay marriage opponents ask for full 9th Circuit Court hearing
LAS VEGAS — A group that couldn’t convince three federal appeals judges that Nevada’s state law banning same-sex marriage was constitutional is asking the entire 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to hear its case. The Coalition for the Protection of Marriage filed documents Monday claiming bias by the three-judge panel that last week invalidated…
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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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Federal appeals court again declares same-sex couples can marry in Nevada
SAN FRANCISCO — A group that fought to keep Nevada’s state ban on same-sex marriage is dropping its appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court and a lower court, clearing the way for gay couples to marry.