Nevada state senator Kelvin Atkinson has proposed to his partner Sherwood Howard at a Freedom Nevada event celebrating the striking down of the state's ban on same-sex marriage
Nevada state senator Kelvin Atkinson has proposed to his partner Sherwood Howard at a Freedom Nevada event celebrating the striking down of the state's ban on same-sex marriage, reports CNN.
Last year, Republican Atrkinson came out during a debate prior to a vote repealing a constitutional provision passed by voters in 2002 banning same-sex marriage.
Atkinson said that his proposal “just came out…I proposed to him on stage in front of everyone.”
During his speech, Atkinson called Howard on to the stage to propose:
“Woody I know it has been six years. They haven't always been great, but we have been great partners and as a lot of you know in a lot of my political work [you are] the one person that I trust the most, to be there with me, to be there for me, to be that confidant, to be my friend and my partner, so I'm saying it in front of everybody, will you marry me?'
The couple have been together for about 6 1/2 years and planned on getting married, but didn't want to do it in another state.
Despite the good news, yesterday we reported that same-sex marriage in Nevada is once again on hold after Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy issued an order stating that his stay of the 9th Circuit's ruling only applies to Idaho.
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