Worrying attempt to ban same-sex marriage in Idaho labelled ‘sad distraction’ by critics

An Idaho resolution is pushing to restore the “natural definition” of marriage which could see same-sex unions, including gay marriage, banned.

Representative Heather Scott, a Republican, proposed the measure to reject the 2015 Supreme Court decision Obergefell v. Hodges, which legalised same-sex marriage nationally. 

In her proposal, which asks the court to reinstate the “natural definition of marriage” as being between one man and one woman, she argues that the 2015 decision is an “illegitimate overreach.”

The momentous Obergefell v. Hodges ruling paved the way for queer people right across the country to marry, regardless of their gender. 

Following the Supreme Court’s decision, which passed by a 5-4 vote, two of its staunch conservative justices, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, wrote that the decision should be reconsidered. 

‘Sad distraction’

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