Nevada Governor To Veto Same Sex Domestic Partners Bill »
Posted By TimALoftis 6 months, 1 week ago in StyleNevada governor Jim Gibbons has pledged to veto a bill passed by the legislature on Tuesday that would give same-sex domestic partners many of the same rights as married heterosexual couples.
Gibbons, a Republican, has up to five days to veto the bill. Both houses of the legislature are expected to override the veto.
A spokesperson for Gibbons told the Reno Gazette-Journal that the Republican governor will oppose the bill on the grounds that it involves government in residents’ personal lives, and because existing laws already provide adequate domestic contract options.
Nevada voters twice approved a constitutional amendment to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman, in 2000 and 2002. The domestic partnership legislation specifies that the contracts are not marriages.
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