BuzzFeed - Nevada county clerks began issuing marriage licenses Thursday afternoon, and the first Las Vegas weddings took place Thursday night. 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. Getty Images Ethan Miller 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. View Video ⺠"I'll do it here in front of everyone," Atkinson said. "Will you marry me?" Facebook: video.php Judge Nancy Allf married them outside the Clark County Marriage Bureau. Ethan Miller / Getty Images View Entire List âº
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