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    • Wed Jul 23, 04:01 am

    State News


    Michigan Court Ruling On Marriage Amendment Bad News For Moscow

    Posted on: May 09, 2008

    Michigan passed a marriage amendment in 2004 co-authored by our good friend Gary Glenn of the American Family Association of Michigan.

    As Idaho’s 2006 marriage amendment does, it prohibits government recognition of homosexual relationships for the purpose of employment benefits.

    The Michigan Supreme Court ruled yesterday that the amendment does not allow for the extension of taxpayer-funded benefits to the unmarried “domestic partners” of state and municipal employers.

    The Idaho Attorney General’s office has already concluded that the Moscow City Council’s recently enacted policy of granting health insurance benefits to “domestic partnerships” – widely heralded in the national gay press as a triumph for the homosexual agenda – is contrary to the Idaho constitution, and said that the city would lose if its policy were challenged in court.

    The Moscow City Council defiantly reaffirmed its policy after the AG’s office issued its findings, essentially daring the Attorney General to take the city to court. If Attorney General Lawrence Wasden does not initiate legal action against Moscow, the city is likely to get away with this flagrant disregard for the constitution, and it will not be long before other state entities – the University of Idaho, Boise State University, the city of Boise – follow suit.


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