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House adopts memorial rejecting Obergefell, urges states' authority over marriage decisions
Summary
The Idaho House passed House Joint Memorial 1, a nonbinding statement urging the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit Obergefell v. Hodges and asserting that marriage decisions should be returned to the states; the memorial passed by roll call, 46-24.
BOISE — The Idaho House of Representatives on Jan. 27 approved House Joint Memorial 1, a nonbinding memorial that criticizes the U.S. Supreme Court's 2015 decision in Obergefell v. Hodges and urges restoration of marriage decision-making to the states. The measure passed on a roll-call vote, 46 ayes to 24 nays, and will be transmitted to the Senate and the chief clerk for delivery to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The memorial is explicitly nonbinding: several members noted on the floor that it is a statement rather than a law and carries no force to change federal precedent. "This memorial is about federalism and a…
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