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Nevada was admitted to the Union on October 31, 1864, by [[Abraham Lincoln]] during the [[Civil War]]; as a result, one of the State's mottos is "Battle Born"<ref>http://www.leg.state.nv.us/general/FACTS.cfm</ref> but is more commonly called the "Silver State."

Nevada was admitted to the Union on October 31, 1864, by [[Abraham Lincoln]] during the [[Civil War]]; as a result, one of the State's mottos is "Battle Born"<ref>http://www.leg.state.nv.us/general/FACTS.cfm</ref> but is more commonly called the "Silver State."

Only 26% of Nevadans were born there, and politically it is its own kind of [[swing state]] with low voter turnout.<ref>https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/nevada-could-be-senate-republicans-ace-in-the-hole/</ref>  Nevada became the first state in mid-November 2020 to legally protect [[same-sex "marriage"]] in its state Constitution.<ref>[https://nypost.com/2020/11/16/righting-a-wrong-nevada-1st-to-protect-same-sex-marriage/ ‘Righting a wrong’: Nevada becomes first state to protect same-sex marriage]</ref>

Only 26% of Nevadans were born there, and politically it is its own kind of [[swing state]] with low voter turnout.<ref name="538">https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/nevada-could-be-senate-republicans-ace-in-the-hole/</ref>  It is ranked 44th in adults who graduated from college, tucked between the strongly [[Republican]] states of [[Oklahoma]] and [[Alabama]] in that statistic, and Nevada's has relatively fewer blacks than the Nation overall.<ref name="538"/>  Nevada was the first state to legally protect [[same-sex "marriage"]] in its state Constitution, but that was way back in 2020.<ref>[https://nypost.com/2020/11/16/righting-a-wrong-nevada-1st-to-protect-same-sex-marriage/ ‘Righting a wrong’: Nevada becomes first state to protect same-sex marriage]</ref>

The state Constitution of Nevada, like all of the other 50 states, acknowledges God or our Creator or the ''Sovereign Ruler of the Universe''.  It says:

The state Constitution of Nevada, like all of the other 50 states, acknowledges God or our Creator or the ''Sovereign Ruler of the Universe''.  It says: