States May Recognize Same-Sex Marriages, But Navajo Nation Won't : Code Switch : NPR

States May Recognize Same-Sex Marriages, But Navajo Nation Won't : Code Switch : NPR: The Navajo Nation has prohibited same-sex marriage since 2005, when the Dine Marriage Act was passed. Now, critics are challenging that ban.

As the largest reservation in the U.S., the Navajo Nation straddles the borders of three states: New Mexico, Arizona and Utah. Utah has been embroiled in its own same-sex marriage battle recently (the state halted gay marriages Monday).

But these state laws do not affect the Navajo Nation ban.

Michel Martin, host of NPR's Tell Me More, recently sat down with Deswood Tome, a special adviser to the president of the Navajo Nation, and activist Alray Nelson of the Coalition for Navajo Equality.