With State Opposition Removed, Nevada Marriage Case To Move Forward ASAP
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Now that the Democratic Attorney General and Republican Governor of Nevada have dropped their defense of their state’s 2002 constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, the judge will hear arguments “as soon as possible.”
So says Equality on Trial, which notes that although “the court hasn’t set a date for the arguments yet, the same-sex couples’ request for a fast-tracked hearing was granted, along with the state attorney general’s request to withdraw her brief, filed on behalf of Governor Sandoval in defense of the ban.”
This week, the same-sex couples who brought the case pressed the Ninth Circuit to hold a hearing soon; the request came after the state officials defending the same-sex marriage ban dropped their defense of the ban. Carson City Clerk Alan Glover and, most recently, Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto, have withdrawn their arguments supporting the ban.
Earlier this week, Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto called the state’s line of defense “no longer sustainable.”
The case, Sevcik v. Sandoval, involves eight same-sex couples suing to overturn Nevada’s ban on same-sex marriage.
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