Idaho Amendment 2 (2006)

Idaho Amendment 2 of 2006 is an amendment to the Idaho Constitution that made it unconstitutional for the state to recognize or perform same-sex marriages or civil unions.

The text of the amendment states:

A marriage between a man and a woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized in this state.^[1]

The amendment was passed 53–17 by the Idaho House of Representatives on February 6, 2006 and 26–9 by the Idaho Senate on February 15, 2006.^[2]^[3] It was subsequently approved by 63% of voters in a referendum.^[4]

On May 13, 2014, a United States Magistrate Judge struck down Amendment 2 as unconstitutional.^[5] Idaho Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter has requested a stay and plans to appeal the ruling to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco.^[6]

References

↑ Article III, Section 28. Idaho Constitution. Idaho State Legislature. Accessed 06 January 2007.
↑ HJR 2 - Marriage Amendment Ballot Question - Key Vote
↑ HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 2, Idaho Legislature
↑ CNN.com Election 2006 - Ballot Measures Accessed 14 December 2006.
↑ Pearce, Matthew (May 13, 2014). "Idaho same-sex marriage ban struck down by federal judge". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
↑ Mollie Reilly (May 13, 2014). "Idaho's Gay Marriage Ban Struck Down By Federal Judge". The Huffington Post. Retrieved May 14, 2014.

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U.S. same-sex unions ballot measures

1990s	Hawaii Constitutional Amendment 2 (1998, see note¹) Alaska Ballot Measure 2 (1998, Ban)

2000s	California Proposition 22 (2000, Ban) Nebraska Initiative 416 (2000, Ban) Nevada Question 2 (2002, Ban) Arkansas Constitutional Amendment 3 (2004, Ban) Georgia Constitutional Amendment 1 (2004, Ban) Kentucky Constitutional Amendment 1 (2004, Ban) Louisiana Constitutional Amendment 1 (2004, Ban) Michigan Proposal 04-2 (2004, Ban) Mississippi Amendment 1 (2004, Ban) Missouri Constitutional Amendment 2 (2004, Ban) Montana Initiative 96 (2004, Ban) North Dakota Constitutional Measure 1 (2004, Ban) Ohio Issue 1 (2004, Ban) Oklahoma Question 711 (2004, Ban) Oregon Ballot Measure 36 (2004, Ban) Utah Constitutional Amendment 3 (2004, Ban) Kansas Amendment 1 (2005) Texas Proposition 2 (2005, Ban) Alabama Amendment 774 (2006) Arizona Proposition 107 (2006, Constitutional ban defeated) Colorado Amendment 43 (2006, Ban) Idaho Amendment 2 (2006) South Carolina Amendment 1 (2006, Ban) South Dakota Amendment C (2006) Tennessee Amendment 1 (2006, Ban) Marshall-Newman Amendment (Virginia) (2006, Ban) Wisconsin Referendum 1 (2006, Ban) Arizona Proposition 102 (2008, Ban) California Proposition 8 (2008, Ban) Florida Amendment 2 (2008, Ban) Maine Question 1 (2009, Legalizing legislation defeated)

2010s	North Carolina Amendment 1 (2012, Ban) Maine Question 1 (2012, Legalization) Maryland Question 6 (2012, Legalization) Minnesota Amendment 1 (2012, Proposed ban defeated) Washington Referendum 74 (2012, Legalization)

¹: De facto ban, granted Legislature authority to ban same-sex marriage. Reversed in 2013 by the Hawaii Marriage Equality Act.

Same-sex marriage in the United States

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Tribal sovereign nations	Blackfeet Nation Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon Coquille Indian Tribe Eastern Shoshone Tribe Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation Grand Portage Band of Chippewa Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel Keeweenaw Bay Indian Community Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation Northern Arapaho Tribe Oglala Sioux Tribe Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin Pascua Yaqui Tribe Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe Puyallup Tribe of Indians Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community San Carlos Apache Tribe Suquamish Tribe

Civil unions or domestic partnerships also offered	California Colorado District of Columbia Hawaii Illinois Maine Maryland Nevada New Jersey Oregon Washington Wisconsin

Recognition of same-sex unions undefined by law	American Samoa

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Idaho Amendment 2 (2006)

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