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Nevada Now Recognizes Marriage Equality In Its Constitution
The U.S. presidential election will have kept us on tenterhooks for a week, but beyond the final result, we were also waiting to see if Nevada voters would agree to recognize marriage equality in the state’s constitution.
An Initiative To Repeal Nevada’s Marriage Equality Constitutional Ban
It so happens that the prohibition of marriage equality remains in the Nevada constitution. An initiative will therefore seek a statewide vote to repeal it.
It’s time to get rid of it once and for all, don’t you think?
Debates On Marriage Equality Have Begun In Switzerland
In Switzerland, LGBTQ couples would like to enjoy the same benefits as straight couples, benefits to which they don’t lay claim to as equal marriage isn’t legal and same-sex partnerships, which were legalized in January 2007, don’t provide complete equality of rights.
United Methodist Church To Split Over LGBTQ Position
So the separation will take place. The United Methodist Church will separate into two distinct movements: one in favor of marriage equality and the LGBTQ+ clergy; and the other, more traditionalist, that will continue to oppose them.