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Idaho Republicans pass resolution urging Supreme Court to end marriage equality - LGBTQ Nation
I really have to ask…what the hell is wrong with these people ? Why can’t they just leave others alone to live their lives as they choose ? Same sex marriage has been the law of the land in all 50 states for nearly a decade. It has been legal in some states and in other countries for much longer. It’s really not much of an issue anymore . Married same sex couples inhabit nearly every community across the country. They have become part of the fabric of society. They own homes, have families, hold jobs, pay taxes , volunteer in their towns and are good neighbors. Most people don’t even notice them and those who do don’t care . They bother no one
I challenge these people to provide and evidence at all that same sex marriage has in any way been detrimental to society , or to them personally . There is absolutely no reason for them to seek to upend the lives of these people and take from them that which they can take for granted . The only explanation for this is the creeping scourge of Christian Nationalism that seeks to impose their distorted and cruel suede Christian beliefs and values on others .
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I really have to ask…what the hell is wrong with these people ? Why can’t they just leave others alone to live their lives as they choose ? Same sex marriage has been the law of the land in all 50 states for nearly a decade. It has been legal in some states and in other countries for much longer. It’s really not much of an issue anymore . Married same sex couples inhabit nearly every community across the country. They have become part of the fabric of society. They own homes, have families, hold jobs, pay taxes , volunteer in their towns and are good neighbors. Most people don’t even notice them and those who do don’t care . They bother no one
I challenge these people to provide and evidence at all that same sex marriage has in any way been detrimental to society , or to them personally . There is absolutely no reason for them to seek to upend the lives of these people and take from them that which they can take for granted . The only explanation for this is the creeping scourge of Christian Nationalism that seeks to impose their distorted and cruel suede Christian beliefs and values on others .
Selected excerpts from the above link:
Introduced earlier this month by state Rep. Heather Scott (R), House Joint Memorial 1 states that Idaho’s legislature “rejects” the Supreme Court’s 2015 decision in Obergefell v. Hodges and calls upon the court to reverse its decision “and restore the natural definition of marriage, a union of one man and one woman.”
At a hearing earlier this month, Scott said that the resolution’s purpose “is just to affirm our state authority to regulate marriage.” And indeed, as the ACLU of Idaho noted in an January 8 X post blasting the move, the measure is not a law and carries no legal weight.
While the resolution does not change or create law, the group wrote, it does “express values and signal priorities — in this case, singling out LGBTQ+ people for separate and unequal treatment.”
As Jezebel reports, right-wing activist group MassResistance drafted the resolution’s text and says it has been working with state legislators across the country to introduce similar resolutions during their 2025 sessions. According to the anti-LGBTQ+ group, lawmakers in Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Montana, and North Dakota are “poised” to file their own versions, and Mississippi and Wyoming may soon follow. Mass Resistance says they are also “working closely with people” in Alabama, Texas, Florida, Arizona, Arkansas, New Hampshire, and West Virginia.
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