After emotional hearing, Idaho committee advances resolution to overturn gay marriage

(Coeur d’Alene Press) Idaho lawmakers have advanced a resolution rejecting the Supreme Court’s 2015 ruling to nationally legalize same-sex marriage.

In a 13-2 vote Wednesday, the House State Affairs Committee voted in favor of House Joint Memorial 1, which calls upon the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse Obergefell v. Hodges and “restore the natural definition of marriage, a union of one man and one woman.”

The resolution goes to the full House for a vote.

The two-page resolution refers to Obergefell as an “illegitimate overreach” of authority, as well as an “inversion of the original meaning of liberty” as prescribed by the U.S. Constitution. (Read More)

Jan 24, 2025Watchmen Ministry

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Watchmen Ministry North Idaho was created in November of 2019 by Elsa and Daniel Owsley. We have been residents of Kootenai County since 2014. A bit about us: Daniel has worked in the technology field since graduating from college, for almost 30 years. Elsa has been a full-time Realtor for the past 23 years. We have three children and four grandchildren, and they are the biggest motivators for everything we do. We are solid Christian Conservatives who put God first, family second and love of country- in that order.