POLITICAL EYE BLOG: Gibbons vetoes domestic partners bill
CARSON CITY — As he promised, Gov. Jim Gibbons today vetoed the bill to allow same- and opposite-sex couples to become legal domestic partners with almost all the rights and privileges of married couples.
In his veto message, Gibbons said he rejected Senate Bill 283 because it is contrary to the wishes of Nevada voters who in 2002 approved the Protection of Marriage constitutional amendment. That amendment stipulates a marriage may be between only a man and a woman.
