North Dakota Senate rejects resolution asking Supreme Court to overturn same-sex marriage

The state senate in North Dakota has rejected a resolution which would have asked the US Supreme Court to overturn its historic ruling on gay marriage.

The Republican-sponsored resolution moved to the Senate after it was passed by 52 votes to 40 in the North Dakota House of Representatives back in February.

It described the 2015 ruling in Obergefell vs Hodges – which legalised same-sex marriage across the US – a “flawed… illegitimate overreach [which] arbitrarily and unjustly rejected the definition of marriage” and wanted the Supreme Court to “restore the definition of marriage to a union between one man and one woman”.

Following around 10 minutes of debate by lawmakers, it was defeated in a 16-31 Senate vote with members of the public watching

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