A resolution introduced in Idaho on January 23, seeks to have the Supreme Court revisit the 2015 ruling which legalized gay marriage on a federal level. If the case makes it to The Supreme Court and was overturned, it would be the second major case the Supreme Court has overturned in recent history.
Roe V Wade was the first in recent history, a landmark case for abortion rights, was overturned by the Supreme Court in 2022 with the court citing that the case was wrong from the start.
The House State Affairs Committee in Idaho voted 13-2 to advance the proposal, asking the Supreme Court to reverse Obergefell v. Hodges and “restore the natural definition of marriage, a union of one man and one woman.”
The proposal was met with a staged protest with a mass walkout from the attending audience, however some returned later to deliver public comment with over 200 people signing up to speak.
The resolution proposes that the Supreme Court’s decision on gay marriage “violates the Constitution and the principles the United States is established,” and that the right to such marriage rights should be left to the states.
The resolution further states claims, “illegitimate overreach” by the landmark case “since court rulings are not laws and only legislatures elected by the people may pass laws.”
The bill will need to pass the House and Senate before any request could be sent to the Supreme Court, however both House and Senate are Republican majority ruled.
If the ruling is reversed by the Supreme Court, the implications for those same-sex marriages would, essentially, be consider invalid nationwide and would have numerous impacts on those that share home, insurance policies, taxes and more. Same sex marriages would no longer be federally legal, leaving the decision up to the states.
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