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Idaho ordered to pay over $400K in attorney fees in same-sex marriage case
U.S. Magistrate Judge Candy Dale on Friday awarded an amount that is about 10 percent less than what the lawyers requested.
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Idaho amicus brief in support of Supreme Court review of marriage cases
Idaho’s governor has filed an amicus brief in all five cases that are currently before the U.S. Supreme Court seeking review of lower court decisions in marriage cases. Full report here “Governor Otter respectfully suggests that the Court (a) wait until it has Latta before it before deciding which petition(s) to use as a vehicle […]
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Idaho says its case could help Supreme Court decide nationwide marriage equality
Gov. Butch Otter says the Supreme Court should wait until it receives arguments from Idaho before deciding a case involving same-sex marriage in the U.S.
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Idaho governor wants to file more arguments in same-sex marriage case
BOISE, Idaho — Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter wants to file additional arguments in his attempt to have an 11-judge panel review the three-judge ruling that overturned Idaho’s same-sex marriage ban.
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Idaho officials encouraged by 6th Circuit ruling to uphold gay marriage bans
BOISE, Idaho — Idaho officials say a recent ruling upholding same-sex marriage bans in four states could cause the U.S. Supreme Court to take up Idaho’s case. Earlier this year, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned Idaho’s gay marriage ban. But on Thursday, a separate federal appeals court upheld the ban in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee.
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Lewiston becomes 9th Idaho city to approve LGBT protections
LEWISTON, Idaho — Officials in the north-central Idaho city of Lewiston have passed an ordinance banning discrimination in housing, employment and public accommodation based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
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Decision to fight same-sex marriage ruling costs Idaho taxpayers $80,000
BOISE, Idaho — Idaho officials have spent more than $80,000 challenging a federal judge’s decision overturning the state’s ban on same-sex marriage. The Spokesman-Review reports that information it obtained through a public records request shows Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter earlier this month agreed to pay a Washington, D.C., attorney…
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Holder: U.S. to recognize same-sex marriages in six new states
WASHINGTON — The federal government is recognizing gay marriage in six more states, extending federal benefits to those couples. Attorney General Eric Holder says the states are: Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, North Carolina, West Virginia and Wyoming.
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ACLU: Idaho chapel a religious corp., falls under religious exemption
BOISE, Idaho — The American Civil Liberties Union of Idaho says it will not challenge a northern Idaho wedding chapel’s refusal to conduct same-sex marriages because the chapel falls under a religious exemption. Interim Executive Director Leo Morales said in a news conference Thursday that the Hitching Post became a religious corporation…
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Navy veteran in Idaho gains approval to be buried with same-sex spouse
BOISE, Idaho — A U.S. Navy veteran can be buried with the ashes of her late spouse in a southwest Idaho military cemetery after the state legalized gay marriage. “It’s done,” 74-year-old Madelynn Lee Taylor said Wednesday after successfully completing paperwork to be buried at Idaho State Veterans Cemetery in Boise.