Idaho OKs $1 million to defend gay-marriage ban

[IDemo]

My tax dollars at work...

BOISE, Idaho — The Idaho Legislature's Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee has approved spending $1 million to defend the state's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.

The Moscow-Pullman Daily News reports (http://bit.ly/1fWGklo) in a story on Thursday that the committee endorsed a request by Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter to transfer the money from the general fund to the Constitutional Defense Fund in anticipation of a legal fight.

Idaho law recognizes only marriages between a man and a woman, and a 2006 voter-enacted constitutional amendment bans same-sex marriages.

Four couples in November filed a lawsuit challenging Idaho's same-sex-marriage ban, arguing that the ban violates the U.S. Constitution's equal protection and due process guarantees.

Read more here: http://www.idahostatesman.com/2014/02/27/3052484/idaho-approves-1m-to-defend-same.html#storylink=cpy

The Cons must be getting worried by the daily protests and arrests of the "Add the Words" backers.

[joeybee12]

1. Thank God they're spending $1M on that...

And not something stupid like healthcare.

[yardwork]

2. It's a job creation initiative. For the governor's lawyer friends.

[Aerows]

3. Job creators

I guess patching up gay people that are bashed on the street is also a business enterprise, too.

I know you meant it sarcastically, but I have my own reasons for sarcasm, lately.