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Do most Nevadans oppose gay marriage?

By Esther Tsvayg
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A strong majority of Nevadans support gay marriage.

The Human Rights Campaign reported that in a recent poll, 72% of respondents from Nevada said they support allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry legally.

According to the 2017 American Values Atlas, a project of the nonpartisan Public Religion Research Institute, a poll of 832 Nevadans (with an issue subsample of 491) demonstrated strong support for nondiscrimination protections for LGBT individuals at 73%.

The Marriage Regardless of Gender Amendment was on the ballot in Nevada as a constitutional amendment on Nov. 3, 2020. It recognized marriage between two people, regardless of gender, and passed with 62% of the vote, making Nevada the first state to enshrine the right to marriage regardless of gender in its Constitution.

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Sources
Human Rights Campaign New Poll: Two-Thirds of Likely Voters in Battleground States Support Marriage Equality
Public Religion Research Institute PRRI
Ballotpedia Nevada Question 2, Marriage Regardless of Gender Amendment (2020)
AP News ‘Righting a wrong’: Nevada 1st to protect same-sex marriage
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