Legislators in Idaho have decided to start 2025 off with an absolute banger of a bill.
They heard that there was a vibe shift and conservative momentum, I guess, so they went full steam ahead and are attempting to reverse gay "marriage."
The measure, House Joint Memorial 1, claims the Supreme Court overstepped its authority by requiring states to recognize same-sex marriages. It also calls for a return to the so-called ‘natural definition' of marriage as between one man and one woman, a concept supporters insist is rooted in tradition.
Rooted in tradition? Sure. Also rooted in nature, reality, and common sense.
All the things that lefties reject.
They're so scared of this legislation. Putting natural definition in scare quotes. Like it's something these Idahoans just made up.
The non-binding resolution, spearheaded by the State Affairs Committee, asserts that states and not federal courts should decide marriage laws. While the resolution carries no legal weight, its introduction sends a clear signal about the state GOP's priorities.
'The Idaho Legislature insists on restoring the issue of marriage and enforcement of all laws pertaining to marriage back to the several states and the people,' the resolution reads.
I mean ... they're not wrong. At all. In fact, it's likely if Obergefell was ruled on with Trump's justices that federal gay marriage would not have been a thing like it is now.
Alas ...
The Respect for Marriage Act passed in 2022 and signed by President Joe Biden that December, requires federal recognition of same-sex marriages and provides additional safeguards, even if a future Supreme Court revisits Obergefell ...
The resolution also aligns with Justice Clarence Thomas's recent remarks in his concurring opinion in the Dobbs case that overturned Roe v. Wade, which in 2022 called for reconsidering cases like Obergefell as part of a broader critique of substantive due process — the legal principle underpinning marriage equality and other rights, such as access to contraception.
I don't know if this is going to go anywhere, it's a non-binding resolution in one northwestern state after all, but it is quite something to see some Republicans who aren't afraid of being conservative.
And, who knows, maybe we can get a ruling on this from up in D.C.
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