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April 11, 2012

Lawsuit Challenges Nevada Same-Sex Marriage Ban 
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An LGBTQ rights advocacy group has filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of
eight Nevada couples against the state’s same-sex marriage ban. The
suit from the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund says the state’s
2002 amendment banning same-sex marriage violates the Equal Protection
Clause of the U.S. Constitution. The lead plaintiffs in the case,
Beverly Sevcik and Mary Baranovich, are a couple in their seventies who
have been together for more than 40 years.



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