CARSON CITY Nev. (Reuters) - Nevada began allowing gay couples to legally wed on Thursday after a day of confusion over the legal status of same-sex matrimony, with the clerk's office in Carson City saying that it had issued a license.

An official who answered the phone at the marriage license bureau in the state capital said her office had been given the green light to offer marriage licenses to same-sex couples, adding: "Yes, we just issued one."

(Reporting by Sandra Chereb; Writing by Cynthia Johnston; Editing by Sandra Maler)