Nevada's same-sex marriage ban will be heard before a federal court in early September. The 9th Circuit of Appeals in San Francisco has scheduled 20 minutes of oral arguments in the case of Beverly Sevcik versus Brian Sandoval.
Eight same-sex couples in Nevada argue that the state's voter-approved 2002 law defining marriage as between a man and woman is unconstitutional. Back in February state lawyers withdrew their defense. This leaves the Coalition for the Protection of Marriage to stand alone in the case.
Currently nineteen states and the District of Columbia allow same-sex marriage. The circuit court of appeals will also hear arguments on that date from Idaho and Hawaii.
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