Legal Opinion
Sevcik v. Sandoval
District Court, D. Nevada
Decided November 26, 2012No. 2:12-cv-00578-RCJ-PALPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
ROBERT C. JONES, District Judge.
This case arises out of the refusal of the State of Nevada to permit same-sex cou-’ pies to enter into civil marriages, as well as its refusal to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states as “marriages” under Nevada law. The question before the Court is not the wisdom of providing for or recognizing same-sex marriages as a matter of policy but whether the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits the People of the State of Nevada from maintaining statutes that reserve the institution of civil…
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