Idaho legislators voted to advance a measure challenging federal same-sex marriage protections, potentially making it one of the first states to ban gay marriage if federal protections are reversed.
Husband-and-wife Pentecostal ministers who own a wedding chapel in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, refused to marry same-sex couples after a recent court ruling, and the American Civil Liberties Union says that’s OK — as long as the chapel only operates as a religious establishment.