Posted on 11/04/2020 5:50:24 PM PST by marshmallow
CNA Staff, Nov 4, 2020 / 10:55 am MT (CNA).- Voters in Nevada on Tuesday repealed a 2002 measure that defined marriage in the state constitution as a union of one man and one woman.
The Associated Press reported that 61.2% of voters voted to strike the constitutional provision, with 75% of votes reported.
The measure will require the State of Nevada and its political subdivisions to recognize marriages and issue licenses to “couples, regardless of gender.”
The state already follows the definition of marriage mandated by the 2015 U.S. Supreme Court decision Obergefell v. Hodges. By a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court required that all states allow same-sex unions legally recognized as marriages.
Backers of Question 2 argued that there were still legal challenges against legally recognized same-sex marriage based on state constitutional definitions, such as an effort earlier this year in Tennessee which argued county clerks were wrong to distribute licenses to same-sex couples.
Nevada’s 2020 ballot measure recognized the rights of clergy and religious organizations to refuse to perform a marriage.
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Enough of this. Nuke it from orbit.
Well crap....... Seems we moved from CA to NV for no good reason after all.
Never ever going back to Las Vegas.
Why stop there? Why not polygamy, or marriage with a giraffe, or your sister? Insanity rears its ugly head.
Never been, no desire to ever go.
You’re not missing much, the most phoney plastic place on the planet.
Not that much different than most places I’ve been.
I’ll stick to reruns of Vega$ for any need to see the place.
Ditto. Especially if Nevada goes for Biden.
Or watch “Casino”.
Not really surprising given the shift in opinion on gay relationships. But the way it was “legalized” by the SCOTUS was still wrong. The Constitution is currently silent on the matter.
Indeed, it IS Sin City.
Hate to say it but politically the marriage issue seems like one to give up on because it’s going to end up hurting Republicans in the swing states as public opinion keeps shifting (like 61% in Nevada). Every man will be judged by God for how he’s lived his life. Keeping red states for the free market, protecting babies, the Second Amendment and other priorities seems more important to me.
Keeping red states for the free market, protecting babies, the Second Amendment and other priorities seems more important to me.
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Good luck with that. We may find that a bunch of people in this country will start yawning when we tout the importance of these things.
The whole country is slip-sliding into hell at an accelerating rate. We will be part of the totalitarian one-world government in 10 years, I believe. Come soon, Lord Jesus.
When I see stuff like this being voted in by popular will I can’t help but fear the rath of our Creator. A number of times the Hebrews were punished for straying after false gods. Perhaps Biden/Harris are our punishment.
“Couples?” How poly-phobic!!
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