How would overturng gay marriage precent affect Idaho? | Idaho Statman

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• SUPREME COURT RUL GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL IN IDAHO, ALL OTHER STAT
• I WAS PART OF 303 CREATIVE'S CASE. I BACK GAY MARRIAGE—BUT SCOTUS IS RIGHT
• DRAFT OPN WOULD PAVE WAY FOR ABORTN BAN IDAHO. IS GAY MARRIAGE NEXT TARGET?
• GAY MARRIAGE CAS REVISED IDAHO AND ARKANSAS
• GAY RIGHTS VS. FREE SPEECHSUPREME COURT BACKS WEB DIGNER OPPOSED TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
• IDAHO SENATOR SAYS MARRIAGE LICENSE BILL ISN’T ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE. YEAH, RIGHT | OPN
• FERAL JUDGE CLAR IDAHO’S GAY MARRIAGE BAN UNNSTUTNAL
• SUPREME COURT GIV GREEN LIGHT TO IDAHO GAY MARRIAG

SUPREME COURT RUL GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL IN IDAHO, ALL OTHER STAT

District Magistrate Judge Candy Dale wrote the lg Tuday eveng that Idaho's laws banng same-sex marriage unnstutnally ny gay and lbian cizens of their fundamental right to says marriage works a fundamental change on the liv of all who experience , and holds immense personal and spirual signifince. The urt's lg on Friday means the remag 14 stat, the South and Midwt, will have to stop enforcg their bans on same-sex oute is the culmatn of two s of Supreme Court ligatn over marriage, and gay rights generally. Jtice Anthony Kennedy wrote the majory opn, jt as he did the urt's prev three major gay rights s datg back to Supreme Court lg that grants same-sex upl the right to marry natnwi on a date wh legal prev gay-rights lgs by the high urt also me on June 26.

I WAS PART OF 303 CREATIVE'S CASE. I BACK GAY MARRIAGE—BUT SCOTUS IS RIGHT

In 2003, the urt issued s lg the se Lawrence vers Texas, strikg down state laws that ma gay sex a on the same date 2013, stck down part of the feral anti-gay marriage law the se U. Vers Supreme Court's cisn affirmg the right to gay marriage me on a 5-4 his majory opn, Kennedy wr that "No unn is more profound than marriage.

DRAFT OPN WOULD PAVE WAY FOR ABORTN BAN IDAHO. IS GAY MARRIAGE NEXT TARGET?

" Chief Jtice John Roberts and Jtic Anton Slia, Samuel Alo and Clarence Thomas are the cisn Uned Stat vers Wdsor do not addrs the validy of state marriage bans, but urts across the untry, wh few exceptns, have said logic would pel them to validate state laws that prohibed gay and lbian upl om number of stat allowg same-sex marriage has grown rapidly. Nancy Pelosi says the lg "unequivolly affirmed that equal jtice unr the law means marriage equaly" for gay, lbian, bi-sexual and transgenr adds, "This cisn is about creatg a future where lovg, mted fai are able to live wh digny. So says urt clerk Jam Travis County, Texas, Gena Dawson and Charlotte Rutherford were the first same-sex uple the state to receive a marriage license, wh two hours of the well, a same-sex marriage license has been issued Arkansas, another state that banned gay marriage until the Supreme Court weighed .

Constutn, the urt’s nservative jtic uld do the same thg wh gay on the same legal argument revealed a leaked draft opn by Jtice Samuel Alo, the jtic uld overle the urt’s 2015 Obergefell v. While some rights are pretty clearly protected the Constutn (speech, prs, relign, for example), you won’t fd the words “abortn” or “gay marriage. Wa, the Supreme Court relied on the right to privacy unr the due procs clse the 14th Amendment as a jtifitn for terpretg abortn as a fundamental right protected by the same privacy right was ed Obergefell, when the urt led gay marriage to be a fundamental right, long after many stat had legalized same-sex his draft opn the abortn se, Alo argu that the urt should not create new fundamental rights that uld apply unr due procs.

GAY MARRIAGE CAS REVISED IDAHO AND ARKANSAS

”Aga, the same uld be said for gay prospect of Obergefell beg overturned is a tratg prospect for Deborah Fergon and Craig Durham, of the Boise law firm Fergon Durham, the two attorneys who won the Latta v. Cizens that are not enumerated the Constutn, such as gay marriage, terracial marriage and ntraceptn, and turned back over to the stat to regulate as legislatur see f.

Supreme Court to issue an emergency stay, which the Supreme Court granted but then vated shortly thereafter, and gay upl began receivg marriage licens Idaho October the same time, the Obergefell se was makg s way through the urts and end up the U. Supreme Court 2015, eventually beg the landmark se that legalized gay marriage the Uned ’s not entirely clear what the law would be Idaho if Obergefell is overturned.

Acrdg to the Texas judicial missn’s 2019 warng, Hensley referred gay upl who wanted her to pri over their marriage ceremony to other people who would officiate. |Gay Marriage Cas Revised Idaho and Arkansas ADVERTISEMENTNatnal BriefgMay 15, 2014A feral appeals urt panel on Thursday temporarily layed plans for Idaho same-sex weddgs while nsired the state’s requt for a longer stay. ImageLorie Smh said her Christian fah requir her to turn away ctomers seekg servic to celebrate same-sex Woolf for The New York TimThe Supreme Court sid on Friday wh a web signer Colorado who said she had a First Amendment right to refe to sign weddg webs for same-sex upl spe a state law that forbids discrimatn agast gay people.

GAY RIGHTS VS. FREE SPEECHSUPREME COURT BACKS WEB DIGNER OPPOSED TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

’”The se, though amed as a clash between ee speech and gay rights, was the latt a seri of cisns favor of relig people and groups, notably nservative cisn also appeared to suggt that the rights of L. The liberal jtic viewed as somethg else entirely — a dispute that threatened societal protectns for gay rights and rolled back some recent an impassned dissent, Jtice Sonia Sotomayor warned that the oute signaled a return to a time when people of lor and other mory groups faced open discrimatn. Kavangh and Amy Coney Barrett, shifted the urt to the urts have generally sid wh gay and lbian upl who were refed service by bakeri, florists and others, lg that potential ctomers are entled to equal treatment, at least parts of the untry wh laws forbiddg discrimatn based on sexual owners of bs challengg those laws have argued that the ernment should not force them to choose between the requirements of their fahs and their livelihoods.

A baker refed to make a weddg ke for their receptn on relig Cote for The New York TimHad there been an actual gay person who was refed a weddg-related service at the center of 303 Creative L. Irish-Amerin Gay, Lbian and Bisexual Group of Boston, Inc., a se om 1995 which the urt sid wh the anizers of a veterans para that blocked a group of gay, lbian and bisexual people om marchg the event.

Jtice Sotomayor seemed pecially ncerned about the way the urt’s opn would send a disapprovg msage to the public about people who are gay, lbian, bisexual or transgenr, or who were same-sex relatnships. Addnally, several stat terpret existg laws agast sex discrimatn to apply to bias relatg to sexual orientatn and genr inty, even though they do not have laws explicly forbiddg such stat that do not offer protectns to gay and transgenr people on those grounds, municipal laws ver many Human Rights Campaign, an L. McCoy for The New York TimThe urt’s cisn favor of a Colorado web signer, Lorie Smh, had an unual feature: It was based on njecture and Smh, who objects to providg weddg-related servic for same-sex marriag, never turned down a gay uple.

IDAHO SENATOR SAYS MARRIAGE LICENSE BILL ISN’T ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE. YEAH, RIGHT | OPN

ETFriday’s lg was another reassurg cisn for relig celebratory moment outsi the Supreme Court on Friday, after the urt livered the latt a strg of judgments favor of relig Zuhaib/Associated PrsConservativ who have moral and theologil objectns to gay marriage saw the Supreme Court’s cisn on Friday as reassurance that they would be able to assert their beliefs a public square that they see as creasgly hostile to a 6-to-3 vote, spl along iologil l, the jtic agreed wh a web signer Colorado who said she had a First Amendment right to refe to provi servic for same-sex marriag, spe a state law that forbids discrimatn agast gay people. ”Acrdg to pollg om 2021 by the Public Relign Rearch Instute, majori of most major relig groups — cludg Catholics, Jews and Mlims — oppose allowg small-bs owners to refe to serve gay and lbian people on relig grounds.

Several siar s have centered on nservative Christian small bs owners who object to workg on gay weddgs specifilly, cludg a baker Colorado, two vatn signers Arizona and a Kentucky-based a news nference shortly after the lg was issued, Krist Waggoner, general unsel for Alliance Defendg Freedom, which reprented Ms. ” She said her nsiratn acceptg work as a webse signer was the “msage” of the se, not the inty of the Smh’s portfol clus webs for church, real tate pani and polil many nservative Christians hailed the cisn on Friday, drew cricism om some progrsive Christians and terfah groups, cludg those that serve gay people of fah.

FERAL JUDGE CLAR IDAHO’S GAY MARRIAGE BAN UNNSTUTNAL

“Broad exemptns to allow relig-based discrimatn hurts people of fah, too, ” Francis DeBernardo, executive director of New Ways Mistry, which advot for gay Catholics, said a statement.

McCoy for The New York TimGay and transgenr rights anizatns on Friday nmned the Supreme Court lg backg a Colorado webse signer’s bid to refe to provi servic for same-sex marriag, llg the cisn a dangero backslidg on L. ETHere’s how urt battl over servg same-sex upl have played out the Cote for The New York TimIn the latt se volvg same-sex marriage rights, relig eedom and discrimatn, the Supreme Court on Friday led favor of a web signer Colorado who said she had a First Amendment right not to provi servic for same-sex marriag spe a state law that bans discrimatn agast gay ’s a brief look at some of the most proment s before Friday’s:A Colorado baker ws urtIn June 2018, the Supreme Court led favor of a Colorado baker who refed to bake a weddg ke for a gay uple.

Kennedy wrote that the missn’s members had acted wh “clear and impermissible hostily” to people wh scerely held relig Bra, a kemaker prevailsBra’s Supreme Court led favor of a bakery October 2018 that had refed to make a ke bearg the slogan “Support Gay Marriage, ” sayg the refal was not discrimatory. The urt’s cisn mak easier for bs Bra to cle ctomer requts that are at odds wh their dispute began 2014, when Gareth Lee, a gay rights activist Northern Ireland, sought to buy a ke for a party om Ashers Bakg Company Belfast that showed two “Same Street” characters, Bert and Ernie; a logo for his group, QueerSpace; and the slogan supportg gay marriage.

SUPREME COURT GIV GREEN LIGHT TO IDAHO GAY MARRIAG

A florist Washgton State says her rights were vlatedIn 2013, Barronelle Stutzman, the owner of a flower shop the small cy of Richland, southeastern Washgton, refed to create floral arrangements for a gay uple’s two grooms, Robert Ingersoll and Curt Freed, had prevly bought flowers at her store, Arlene’s Flowers. ”Invatn signers sue the cy of PhoenixThe Arizona Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments January after two Christian vatn signers said they would refe to create weddg vatns for same-sex upl if Da and Breanna Koski, evangelil Christians and the owners of Bsh & Nib Stud, sued the cy of Phoenix 2016, sayg they feared legal retributn if they did not fulfill requts om gay or lbian upl. The duo, who create handma artwork for weddgs and other events, ntend that creatg vatns for gay or lbian upl would be tantamount to endorsg same-sex far, Ms.

Colorado Civil Rights Cote for The New York TimThe Supreme Court’s cisn on Friday favor of a Colorado web signer has echo of a 2018 se about a baker who had turned away a gay uple seekg a weddg that cisn, Masterpiece Cakhop v. Kennedy, who wrote the majory opn the 7-to-2 cisn 2018, seemed unable to choose between two of his re mments: He was the thor of every major Supreme Court cisn protectg gay rights unr the Constutn and also the urt’s most arnt fenr of ee speech. “The oute of s like this other circumstanc mt awa further elaboratn the urts, ” he wrote, “all the ntext of regnizg that the disput mt be rolved wh tolerance, whout undue disrpect to scere relig beliefs, and whout subjectg gay persons to digni when they seek goods and servic an open market.

After the 2020 electn, Colorado bee a center of electn nspiraci, a e embraced by some of s state is “a nice enpsulatn on what lims have been placed on the Christian right and what power and fluence they n still yield, ” William Schultz, a historian at the Universy of Chigo Divy School who is workg on a book about Christian culture Colorado Sprgs, said last 1992, voters the state passed what was nsired at the time to be an unual ballot iative prohibg Colorado om regnizg gay, lbian and bisexual people as a protected class. That statute was the subject of a siar high-profile se, which a baker om Lakewood, Colo., Jack Phillips, cled to make a weddg ke for a gay 2018, the Supreme Court led favor of Mr.