It’s getting down to the wire, kids. Do your part and contact your Legislator today! Starting tomorrow Friday May 15, 2008, the Assembly will be able to vote on Final Passage of SB 283 – Domestic Partnerships. We need to ensure that we have the largest possible margins on this vote to enable us to…
I cut my finger (nothing serious) and it is bugging me to type, so it’s short and sweet today: Don’t forget that Domestic Partnership bill SB283 goes up for vote in the Assembly tomorrow! Now’s the time to contact your legislators if you already haven’t! The Center’s LGBT prom is May 16 and for just…
Here’s the info from Equality Now: SB 283 will be heard in the Assembly Judiciary Committee this Friday, May 8. The Assembly needs to hear from their constituents in order to support SB 283. SB 283, The Nevada Domestic Partnership Registry Act, will create a domestic partnership registry for any two people sharing a common…
I apologize I’m a little behind the ball on posting on Pride Week. And there’s already been big news! The Review Journal has endorsed SB283, the Domestic Partnership Bill. I don’t know if this means Hell is freezing over or that the small contingent of gays at the RJ staged a coup. Either way, it’s…
With a 12-9 vote the State Senate passed the Domestic Partnership bill (SB283)! This is a major victory in the fight for equality and civil rights in Nevada! And this is a victory for couples and families of all stripes living in our state! Congratulations Sen. David Parks and all those who worked so tirelessly…
Unfortunately, here in Nevada we have a constitutional amendment that defines marriage as that between a man and woman, so we’ll be stuck in the dark ages as other states (since when is Iowa considered progressive?) pass us by. But the one thing we CAN and MUST do is urge our Legislature to support SB283,…
Here’s the update from the Nevada Women’s Lobby (full disclosure: I’m on the steering committee): “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.” It’s finally happening….AJR3 will be heard in Assembly Elections Committee on Thursday, April 9 at 3:45 PM! We’ve…
Experiencing a total computer melt-down here at Siren HDQ. I am trying to post this from my cell phone. Dedication! 1. If you can get your butt to Grant Sawyer tomorrow do it to come out for SB369, otherwise known as “the brothel tax.” Actually an excise tax on services and could net state $3-4…
It’s an Easter miracle (early)! In an unanimous ruling Iowa’s highest court upheld a lower-court’s ruling that marriage should not be defined as only between a man and a woman. This makes Iowa the third state in the nation to allow same-sex marriage and the first in the nation’s Midwestern “Heartland” states. Iowa’s same-sex couples…
We only need three more states for the necessary majority (38 states) to ratify the federal Equal Rights Amendment. Nevada has the opportunity to be one of those three as legislation has been introduced. At the hearing last week the opposition came out hard and in numbers. But the history of the ERA in Nevada…
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