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Idaho Amendment 2 of 2006 is an amendment to theIdaho Constitution thatmade it unconstitutional for the state to recognize or performsame-sex marriages orcivil 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.[2]
The amendment was passed 53–17 by theIdaho House of Representatives on February 6, 2006, and 26–9 by theIdaho Senate on February 15, 2006.[3][4] It was subsequently approved by 63% of voters in a referendum.[5]
On May 13, 2014, aUnited States magistrate judge struck down Amendment 2 as unconstitutional,[6] but enforcement of that ruling wasstayed pending appeal. TheNinth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed that ruling on October 7, 2014, though theU.S. Supreme Court issued a stay of the ruling, which was not lifted until October 15, 2014.
On June 26, 2015, the United States Supreme Court ruled inObergefell v. Hodges that state bans on same-sex marriage violated the 14th Amendment's guarantees of Equal Protection and Due Process, making same-sex marriage permanently legal in Idaho.
| Option | Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| Num. | % | |
| Yes | 282,386 | 63.35 |
| No | 163,384 | 36.65 |
| Total | 445,770 | 100.00 |
| Source:Idaho Secretary of State | ||
| County | Yes | Yes % | No | No % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ada | 62,215 | 51.62% | 58,311 | 48.38% |
| Adams | 1,066 | 63.53% | 612 | 36.47% |
| Bannock | 15,580 | 63.26% | 9,050 | 36.74% |
| Bear Lake | 1,865 | 83.97% | 356 | 16.03% |
| Benewah | 1,891 | 66.73% | 943 | 33.27% |
| Bingham | 9,669 | 76.19% | 3,021 | 23.81% |
| Blaine | 2,426 | 33.69% | 4,775 | 66.31% |
| Boise | 1,759 | 61.25% | 1,113 | 38.75% |
| Bonner | 8,272 | 60.52% | 5,397 | 39.48% |
| Bonneville | 21,235 | 69.84% | 9,172 | 30.16% |
| Boundary | 2,204 | 69.72% | 957 | 30.28% |
| Butte | 797 | 72.65% | 300 | 27.35% |
| Camas | 294 | 66.22% | 150 | 33.78% |
| Canyon | 29,672 | 70.09% | 12,665 | 29.91% |
| Caribou | 1,719 | 69.18% | 766 | 30.82% |
| Cassia | 4,494 | 79.12% | 1,186 | 20.88% |
| Clark | 245 | 75.85% | 78 | 24.15% |
| Clearwater | 1,941 | 66.07% | 997 | 33.93% |
| Custer | 1,197 | 64.39% | 662 | 35.61% |
| Elmore | 3,651 | 65.94% | 1,886 | 34.06% |
| Franklin | 3,357 | 85.18% | 584 | 14.82% |
| Fremont | 3,369 | 77.88% | 957 | 22.12% |
| Gem | 3,923 | 70.02% | 1,680 | 29.98% |
| Gooding | 2,836 | 70.08% | 1,211 | 29.92% |
| Idaho | 4,463 | 70.56% | 1,862 | 29.44% |
| Jefferson | 5,877 | 80.11% | 1,459 | 19.89% |
| Jerome | 3,362 | 70.48% | 1,408 | 29.52% |
| Kootenai | 24,816 | 67.20% | 12,114 | 32.80% |
| Latah | 5,412 | 44.95% | 6,629 | 55.05% |
| Lemhi | 2,116 | 68.72% | 963 | 31.28% |
| Lewis | 985 | 70.66% | 409 | 29.34% |
| Lincoln | 949 | 66.88% | 470 | 33.12% |
| Madison | 7,081 | 89.07% | 869 | 10.93% |
| Minidoka | 3,828 | 75.37% | 1,251 | 24.63% |
| Nez Perce | 7,229 | 60.48% | 4,723 | 39.52% |
| Oneida | 1,231 | 83.63% | 241 | 16.37% |
| Owyhee | 2,048 | 73.75% | 729 | 26.25% |
| Payette | 4,145 | 72.21% | 1,595 | 27.79% |
| Power | 1,473 | 69.88% | 635 | 30.12% |
| Shoshone | 2,423 | 65.42% | 1,281 | 34.58% |
| Teton | 1,624 | 54.13% | 1,376 | 45.87% |
| Twin Falls | 13,258 | 69.65% | 5,778 | 30.35% |
| Valley | 2,023 | 53.46% | 1,761 | 46.54% |
| Washington | 2,366 | 70.25% | 1,002 | 29.75% |
Source:Idaho Secretary of State
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