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Clark County issues its first same-sex marriage license
Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal
Clark County granted its first same-sex marriage license just after 5 p.m. Thursday, ending days of legal wrangling and waiting for gay and lesbian couples across Nevada.
That license went to Theo Small and Antioco Carillo, one of eight couples that challenged that state’s gay marriage ban. That came after Clark County Clerk Diana Alba got the go-ahead from U.S. District Court Judge James Mahan.
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Elizabeth Phelps, who processed the license, said the couple had “tears of joy.”
Read more: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/nevada/clark-county-issues-its-first-same-sex-marriage-license
Long overdue.