A state legislative committee has advanced a resolution asking that the power to regulate marriage be returned to the states.

A Wednesday morning hearing turned into a two-hour debate about Christian scripture, morality, tax benefits, states’ rights, and the implications of forbidding same-sex couples from marrying — a right that they have had in Idaho for more than a decade.

The House State Affairs Committee overwhelmingly passed a resolution asking the Supreme Court to overturn its 2015 Obergefell vs. Hodges decision, which gave same-sex couples the right to marry nationwide.

A legislative petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider its 2015 decision that legalized same-sex marriage is heading to the Idaho House floor. After nearly two hours of testimony, House Joint Memorial 1 passed the Idaho House State Affairs Committee in a 13-2 vote on Wednesday,

Testimony on House J. Representative Heather Scott, who presented the proposal, argued that the federal government should not make decisions for states, and the

"Rights are unalienable and they come from God and they don't come from government," Scott said in part. "...I don't think marriage is a fundamental right."