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Nevada senators move gay marriage update closer to ballot
CARSON CITY — Religious organizations and individual clergy members would have a constitutional right to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages in Nevada under a proposal state lawmakers are moving toward the 2020 ballot.
State senators voted 19-2 Monday to pass a measure seeking to delete a defunct provision of the state constitution that says Nevada will only recognize marriage between a man and a woman.
Assembly Joint Resolution 2 would state Nevada will recognize all marriages equally, regardless of gender. The religious exemption was added Monday.
The earliest Nevada voters could consider it would be in 2020.
Read more: https://lasvegassun.com/news/2017/may/01/nevada-senators-move-gay-marriage-update-closer-to/