The first same-sex marriages took place Thursday evening in Las Vegas, Nevada after a judge issued an injunction clearing up confusion about the end of the state's ban on same-sex couples' marriages.
State Sen. Kelvin Atkinson and Sherwood Howard were the first couple wed in Las Vegas, the Associated Press reported.
Atkinson proposed to his partner of six-and-a-half years on Tuesday, the day the ban initially fell, at a marriage equality event in Nevada.
"I'll do it here in front of everyone," Atkinson said. "Will you marry me?"
Judge Nancy Allf married them outside the Clark County Marriage Bureau.
The first marriage license in Las Vegas went to Theo Small and Antioco Carillo, plaintiffs in the lawsuit against the same-sex marriage ban.
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Carrillo and Small were one of the eight same-sex plaintiff couples in the Sevcik v. Sandoval case challenging Nevada's ban on gay marriage.
Video from the Clark County clerk's office showed the historic moment — and the accompanying media coverage.
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Outside Las Vegas, Kristy Best and Wednesday Smith were the first couple in the state to receive a marriage license, the AP reported.
A number of other couples also received licenses and were ready to wed.
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Jefferson Ruck and his partner Thomas Topovski hug after getting their marriage license at the Clark County Marriage Bureau. They were among about 10 couples waiting at the office when the announcement that licenses could be issued came at 5 p.m.
The couple has been together for 14 years.
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