"FILE - This May 10,2011 file photo shows Nevada Assemblyman Kelvin Atkinson, D-North Las Vegas, listens to a debate during a joint budget hearing at the Legislature in Carson City, Nev. The Nevada Senate, after an hour-long, soul-searching debate about equality, love and marriage passed a resolution late Monday repealing the state's heterosexual definition of marriage, the first step in a long process to recognize gay marriage. For Atkinson, it was a coming out of sorts when he announced to many, ""I'm black. I'm gay."" (AP Photo/Cathleen Allison,File)"