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The challenge against same-sex marriage in Idaho

The Idaho State Capitol building taken from an upward angle. you can see the American flag, the POW MIA flag and the Idaho State flag.
James Dawson
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Boise State Public Radio News

Idaho lawmakers are introducing a flurry of legislation this session, including a memorial asking the U.S. Supreme Court to allow states to make their own decisions over how marriage should be defined.

The memorial isn’t a bill and doesn’t hold the weight of a law, but many may not be aware that Idaho has a trigger ban tucked into its constitution that says if federal protections were ever removed for same-sex marriage, a ban could take effect immediately in Idaho.

Representative Ilana Rubel, the minority house leader, who’s sponsoring a state constitutional amendment on same-sex marriage, and Sue Latta, the original plaintiff who successfully overturned Idaho’s same-sex marriage ban in 2014, joined Idaho Matters to talk more.

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