LGBT activists are unhinged at public hearing as Idaho Legislature committee votes to move “gay marriage” resolution forward to House floor

Hysterical LGBT protesters fill committee room, but legislators not intimidated.

Resolution passes committee by 13-2 vote. Will likely be voted on by full Idaho House this week.

Media (including New York Times) warns of apocalypse!

January 26, 2025

The committee members (including Rep. Heather Scott) faced the horde of angry LGBT activists without flinching at all.

MassResistance’s push for state legislatures across the country to pass resolutions urging the US Supreme Court to overturn its 2015 Obergefell “gay marriage” ruling is moving forward in the Idaho Legislature. 

Last Wednesday, January 22, was the first step. The House State Affairs Committee held a public hearing on the resolution and then voted 13-2 (along party lines) to send it on to the full House.

Not surprisingly, the LGBT activists and leftist media are losing their minds over it. LGBT protesters disrupted the hearing, walking out en masse during sponsor’s speech in an attempt to intimidate the legislators.

Background

The Idaho Resolution was filed earlier this month by State Rep. Heather Scott, who is also the vice-chairman of the House State Affairs Committee.

The 2015 SCOTUS 5-4 Obergefell ruling was deeply flawed on constitutional grounds. In fact, the US Constitution does not address marriage. And two of the Justices (Ginsburg and Kagan) legally should have recused themselves because they had previously officiated at “gay weddings.”

Such resolutions are not legally binding; they simply urge the Supreme Court to revisit the Obergefell ruling, as it recently did with Roe v. Wade – culminating in overturning it. But it’s a powerful message coming from a state legislature. There are now eight states where legislators will be filing similar resolutions this session.

Hysterical pro-LGBT activists pack the public hearing

Most of the testimony before last Wednesday’s committee hearing came from people who personally attended, but some testimony via Zoom was also allowed during the time period.

As expected, the vast majority of witnesses were LGBT activists or connected with other radical interests in the state. Idaho is overwhelmingly conservative and Republican. Hard leftists and LGBT activists make up a very small portion of the population. But they were well organized and came to the State Capitol that day to vent their emotions against the resolution.

Their behavior was childish and embarrassing. The LGBT crowd arrived early and filled up most of the seats in the room. The hearing began with Rep. Heather Scott formally introducing the resolution and explaining the legal basis for filing it and the constitutional issues involved. Immediately as she began speaking, the entire pro-LGBT crowd stood up in unison and walked out of the room as a rude protest. They stood outside in the hallway as she spoke. When she finished, they marched back in and took their seats. But that was just the beginning of their clown show.

As Rep. Scott takes the podium to formally introduce the resolution, the LGBT activists stand up and walk out of the room in "protest."

The LGBT activists’ testimony did not address the issues of federalism or constitutionality that are the basis of the resolution. They whined about their “marriages” and “equal rights.” They trotted out hackneyed LGBT talking points and logical fallacies. They claimed that they were victims being persecuted by this resolution. Many blamed religion for not recognizing homosexuality as “equal” and insisted that there are “bigger problems” that need to be addressed instead.

Transgender activist (who appeared to be mentally ill) testifies with an AR rifle strapped to his back. In Idaho you can legally carry a firearm into the State Capitol, but the ammunition must be removed.

Much of the opposing testimony came from far-left clergy claiming to be Christians. But they presented a stunning inversion of commonly understood biblical principles concerning marriage and homosexuality.

This openly homosexual Church of Christ minister said that he loves Jesus and also loves other men. He explained that all the passages in the Old and New Testaments that appear to ban homosexual behavior have been misinterpreted, and they actually mean something completely different.

During the testimony, Republican committee members posed excellent questions to the leftist speakers. They exposed the weak arguments and the lack of thought or clarity on these issues. Many of the so-called religious speakers were unprepared and uninformed about their scriptures. For example, one left-wing pastor was asked to show where the Bible supports homosexual “marriage.” She could not provide a verse.

A committee member probes one of the LGBT clergy about his radical interpretation of Scripture.

Also at the hearing: Some strong testimony from our side

Not as many supporters of the resolution testified, but their words were more pertinent and addressed the legal and constitutional issues behind it. Their testimony also directly debunked the emotional and logically flawed LGBT talking points. Some highlights include:

Former Idaho State Representative Julianne Young gave an impassioned defense of the resolution. She directly rebuffed one of the most outrageous lines of attack from the leftist opponents: the “rights” argument. While homosexual activists love to talk about their rights, what about the rights of everyone else? What about our freedom of speech and freedom of conscience? What about our right to live our lives according to common-sense norms that recognize the importance of natural marriage?

Former Idaho State Rep. Julianne Young gave a clinic on the moral and religious problems with the Obergefell ruling!

The Pacific Justice Institute, a pro-bono conservative law firm based in California, weighed in on the resolution via Zoom. An attorney from that group discussed the “sheer judicial hubris” of the Supreme Court’s activist Obergefell Justices who ignored the clear wording of the Constitution.

The Idaho Family Policy Center also testified in favor of the resolution. Its representative discussed the constitutional overreach of Obergefell, and the “doctrine of lesser magistrates” that counters that. Clearly, marriage is a state issue, not a federal issue.

The Idaho Family Policy Center representative

Arthur Schaper, our MassResistance field director, was the last person to testify in favor of this resolution. Speaking via Zoom, Arthur enumerated the legal and constitutional reasons this resolution is necessary. The Obergefell decision improperly removed the discussion entirely from all the states and the people. He also responded to several of the Left’s talking points. He pointed out that since people are not born homosexual, the comparisons to race and other “discriminations” have no merit.

Committee votes 13-2 to move the resolution forward

At the end of the testimony, the two Democrat members of the committee attempted to table the motion and keep it in committee. That failed. The committee then voted to move it to the House floor for a full vote. That will likely take place sometime this week.

Committee vote reported by leftist media far and wide!

Here are the breathless reports from corporate/legacy media regarding the public hearing and committee vote. As expected, they portray the resolution as leading to the apocalypse.

National:

Idaho media:

Far-left / Pro LGBT:

Final thoughts

It was interesting that the proponents of the resolution discussed the serious legal and constitutional issues surrounding the Obergefell ruling.

But the LGBT activists were unable to defend Obergefell on that basis. Instead, they mostly wanted to talk about homosexuality – normalizing it, institutionalizing it, the emotions they feel about being “threatened” when it's not welcomed, its Biblical context, etc. They are fanatical about defending their “right” to force every state to recognize their marriages.

The organized LGBT swarm was clearly out to intimidate the Republicans with their “protest” and tried to smother the committee with nonsensical arguments. But in the end, it was difficult to take them seriously. These are obviously disturbed people.

Coming this week: The full House votes on the resolution.