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Question 2 of 2000 and 2002 is a ballot measure that amended the Nevada Constitution by adding a definition of marriage that prevented same-sex marriages from being conducted or recognized in Nevada. The amendment was passed by voter referendum by a margin of 67%-33% on November 5, 2002. [ 3 ]
Nevada adopted a criminal code in 1861 establishing a sentence of five years' to life imprisonment for sodomy. In 1912, the Supreme Court of Nevada held that fellatio constituted a criminal offense. As was the case for such laws around the United States, Nevada's sodomy law criminalized both heterosexual and homosexual oral sex and anal ...
In 2019, a Virginia law that required partners to declare their race on marriage applications was challenged in court. [50] Within a week the state's Attorney-General directed that the question is to become optional, [ 51 ] and in October 2019, a U.S. District judge ruled the practice unconstitutional and barred Virginia from enforcing the ...
This is a list of examples of Jim Crow laws, which were state, territorial, and local laws in the United States enacted between 1877 and 1965. Jim Crow laws existed throughout the United States and originated from the Black Codes that were passed from 1865 to 1866 and from before the American Civil War.
Nevada voters in 1990 made abortion legal up to 24 weeks, but a state law is easier to pass and more vulnerable to change than the constitutional protection organizers are seeking. Voters must appr
Nevada - Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by this State or any of its political subdivisions on account of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, ancestry or national origin. Nevada Constitution, Article 1, Section 24 (2022) New Hampshire - [Natural Rights ...
(The Center Square) – The Nevada U.S. Senate race has flipped as of Thursday evening with Democratic Incumbent Jacky Rosen leading by just one point with 47.65% of the vote and 91% of precincts ...
A proposed amendment to enshrine access to abortion in Nevada’s constitution is one step closer to appearing on the November ballot after a coalition of reproductive rights advocates submitted ...