Nevada Legislature advances gay marriage resolution

Senate Joint Resolution 13 passed the Assembly on a 27-14 vote, bringing the process to get it to the ballot in 2016 to an end for this year. All the no votes were Republicans. Assemblywoman Michele Fiore, R-Las Vegas, voted with Democrats. The proposed amendment must pass again in identical form in the 2015 legislative session before it can go to the ballot. Gov. Brian Sandoval's signature is no...

Las Vegas Review-Journal • May 24, 2013

NV: Poll finds half oppose law allowing civil unions

Democrats and independents back efforts in the Legislature to allow same- and opposite-sex domestic partnerships. But because of the overwhelming Republican opposition, Nevadans overall reject such civil unions by a 12 percentage point margin, according to a poll conducted for the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The poll, which did not gather opinions about gay marriage itself, found 38 percent of Neva...

Las Vegas Review-Journal • May 19, 2009

Same-sex couples seek equal rights before Nevada lawmakers

The two women were part of a group of gays and lesbians who filled a legislative hearing room to deliver emotional testimony in support of Senate Bill 283. The bill would create a Nevada Domestic Partnership Act, largely giving same-sex couples the same legal rights as granted to heterosexual couples. Couples would register their relationship with the secretary of state's office. Opposite-sex co...

Las Vegas Review-Journal • Apr 7, 2009