Nevada Const. art. 1, § 21

Nevada Constitution

Article 1, § 21 — Recognition of marriage

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Nev. Const. art. 1, § 21.

Full Text

1. The State of Nevada and its political subdivisions shall recognize marriages and issue marriage licenses to couples regardless of gender. 2. Religious organizations and members of the clergy have the right to refuse to solemnize a marriage, and no person has the right to make any claim against a religious organization or member of the clergy for such a refusal. 3. All legally valid marriages must be treated equally under the law.

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1. The State of Nevada and its political subdivisions shall recognize marriages and issue marriage licenses to couples regardless of gender. 2. Religious organizations and members of the clergy have the right to refuse to solemnize a marriage, and no person has the right to make any claim against a religious organization or member of the clergy for such a refusal. 3. All legally valid marriages must be treated equally under the law.

History

[Added in 2002, amended in 2020. Proposed by initiative petition and approved and ratified by the voters at the 2000 and 2002 General Elections.]—(Amendment proposed and passed by the 2017 Legislature; agreed to and passed by the 2019 Legislature; and approved and ratified by the voters at the 2020 General Election. See: Statutes of Nevada 2017, p. 4558; Statutes of Nevada 2019, p. 4604.)