Question 2 of 2000 and 2002 is a ballot measure that amended the Nevada Constitution by adding a definition of marriage that prevented same-sex marriages from being conducted or recognized in Nevada.

The amendment was passed by voter referendum by a margin of 67%-33% on November 5, 2002.

A Nevada Mormon newspaper Beehive first reported the Coalition for the Protection of Marriage's intent to file an initiative petition in December 1999, and by October 2000 the coalition had raised over $800,000 from mostly Mormon-owned businesses and LDS individuals.

[6] Mormon leaders had strongly encouraged members through letters with church letterhead to do campaign work and post yard signs distributed at church buildings.

[7][5]: 51–71 The text of the adopted amendment, which is found at Article I, section 21 of the Nevada Constitution, states: Only a marriage between a male and female person shall be recognized and given effect in this state.