Marriage Isn’t for Everyone  After the Supreme Court decided
U.S. v. Windsor and Perry v. Hollingsworth earlier this year, I
remained optimistic about the fact that I would live in a state
where gay marriage was illegal. I even remember telling one of
my gay law school buddies that Idaho would be the last state to
recognize gay marriage. Little did I know, plans were being laid
to overturn the gay marriage ban in Idaho.  Two weeks ago, four
lesbian couples filed a lawsuit in Federal District court in
Boise. The plaintiffs allege that they were denied their right
to marry under the Due Process and Equal Protection clauses of
the 14th Amendment. They also allege that they were
discriminated against because of their sex. Two of these couples
have already been married in other states (New York and
California). The other two couples sought marriage licenses in
Ada County (Boise) and were denied.  At its core, the lawsuit is
challenging the constitutionality of both an Idaho statute and
the Idaho Constitution that