Nevada Has Domestic Partnerships!

[ccharles000]

Well that was quick! Just a few hours after the Nevada Senate overrode Governor Gibbon's veto of the domestic partnership bill, the Assembly followed suit. Nevada now has full-fledged domestic partnerships! Both chambers were able to wrangle the exact number of votes needed for the veto override, 14-7 in the Senate and 28-14 in the Assembly.
The DP law takes effect on October 1, 2009.

Nevada is the 17th state to recognize the relationships of same-sex couples.

According to The Gay & Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada, Assembly members voting for override include: Marilyn Kirkpatrick; Peggy Pierce; Marilyn Dondero Loop; Harvey Munford; Morse Arberry; Barbara Buckley; Tick Segerblom; Joseph Hogan; Ruben Kihuen; James Ohrenschall; Ellen Koivisto; Kathy McClain; John Oceguera; Kelvin Atkinson; Mark Manendo; Jerry Claborn; Ellen Spiegel; David Bobzien; Sheila Leslie; April Mastroluca; Debbie Smith; Bernie Anderson; William Horne; Ed Goedhart; Marcus Conklin; Bonnie Parnell; Paul Aizley and Harry Mortenson.

Senators voting yesterday for the override included: Steven A. Horsford; David R. Parks; Mike McGinness; Dennis Nolan; Bob Coffin; Maggie Carlton; Michael A. Schneider; Valerie Wiener; Dean A. Rhoads; Shirley A. Breeden; Bernice Mathews; Joyce Woodhouse; Allison Copening; and Randolph J. Townsend.

http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/11240/nevada-has-domestic-partnerships

[joeybee12]

1. I'm blocked from the link...they convinced two in the hosue and two in the senate

to change their minds...do you know who they were?

[ccharles000]

3. I don't sorry

[joeybee12]

6. Thanks, though...n/t

[medeak]

10. heard late afternoon that vote was to be today

due to one vote being taken to hospital for heart probs...but they persevered anyway! YAY!

[shimmergal]

14. Here's the Assembly members who

changed their vote:
Marilyn Kirkpatrick C-North Las Vegas, and Jerry Claborn D-Las Vegas. Claborn was absent for the original vote (maybe he was the one in hospital?) and Kirkpatrick previously voted against.


Today's R-J doesn't give details of who changed their mind on the Senate vote; it's probably in yesterday's newspaper which I can't find right now.

Apparently it was tight right up till the last minute.

[MineralMan]

2. Good News!

Perhaps the time is coming when those can be converted to marriages. The momentum is growing.

[Lex]

4. Eventually the word "marriage" will replace all these idiotic euphemisms.

Bigots seem to be more worried about the damn word than the legal rights conferred.

[chimpymustgo]

5. There really is no turning this tide. It's a very good thing.

[MineralMan]

7. I agree 100%. It has now become inevitable, and the

6 states where same-sex marriage is legal are the vanguard. The momentum should build quickly.

[pinto]

8. Kick.

:kick:

[ZombieHorde]

9. Another step forward. K&R

[cali]

11. congrats, Nevada!

[Lex]

12. k & r

[bigwillq]

13. Good news.

:bounce: It's a good step towards full equality for all human beings.

[JohnnyLib2]

15. Onward and upward.....

:thumbsup:

[Bluenorthwest]

16. Excellent!

Also, they have no State income tax and real estate bargains galore...hmmmm.

[KamaAina]

17. And we couldn't get civil unions done with a 23-2 Dem Senate

Yay Nevada! :bounce: Boo Hawai'i! :grr:

[eridani]

18. Be sure to write your reps who are on this list

I'm guilty or more complaint than praise myself, but it really needs to be done.