BOISE, Idaho (AP) - For two gay couples in Idaho, the difference between joy and heartache was a matter of moments.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — At least 105 gay rights demonstrators filled the Capitol's basement corridor seeking to convince lawmakers to update the Idaho Human Rights Act with discrimination protections based on gender identity and sexual orientation discrimination.

BOISE, Idaho — Police arrested roughly two dozen gay rights activists Monday after protesters refused to leave the Idaho Senate and House chambers in an attempt to pressure lawmakers into passing anti-discrimination protections.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Gay rights activists once again returned to the Idaho Capitol to protest lawmakers' refusal to pass anti-discrimination protections, this time by refusing to leave the state's bill-drafting offices.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The federal government cannot force Idaho to change its definition of marriage as the union of one man and one woman, the conservative Cornerstone Family Council of Idaho contends in a recent court filing.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ Gov. C.L. ``Butch'' Otter publicly took his oath of office for a rare third time as Idaho's chief executive on Friday, promising to continue defying the federal government and to protect the people of Idaho from its overreach.

LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — A Boise filmmaker says one of Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter's campaign advertisements uses footage he filmed of gay rights protests during the 2014 Idaho Legislature.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho residents planning to gather at courthouses across the state to celebrate same-sex marriages saw their plans put on hold Thursday by a federal appeals court.

LAS VEGAS -- A federal appeals court in San Francisco won't re-hear a decision by a three-judge panel allowing same-sex marriages in Nevada.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Republicans pledged to defend Idaho’s ban on gay marriage from legal challenge, while Democrats favor letting similar cases elsewhere proceed rather than dedicating taxpayer resources to what they believe will be a losing battle. Four couples have challenged Idaho’s gay marriage ban, enacted by voters in 2006, in federal court.

Some days, it seems as though you have SuperPowers.

In the old days, gay voters could easily be Democrats or Republicans because both parties were anti-gay with neither offering a refuge from hate.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho officials have spent more than $80,000 challenging a federal judge's decision overturning the state's ban on gay marriage.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has decided Idaho's stay banning same-sex marriage dissolves starting Wednesday morning.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Police have arrested dozens of gay rights activists, saying their protest blocked entrances to the Idaho Senate chambers for more than two hours.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court has struck down gay marriage bans in Idaho and Nevada.

(CNN) -- Idaho became the latest state Tuesday in which a federal judge declared its ban on gay marriage to be unconstitutional, delivering yet another victory for same-sex proponents -- albeit not necessarily a definitive one.

The Supreme Court rejected West Virginia's attempt to prevent a trans girl to play in sports, and Idaho passed a law that criminalizes gender-affirming care for minors.

This week read about Hyattsville's Mayor Kevin Ward dying by suicide in Maryland, and Idaho introducing a bill to ban conversion therapy on youths.

This week read about Georgia introducing its own "Don't Say Gay" bill, and lawmakers in Idaho threatening libraries that have LGBT books with fines and jail time.

This week read about Kentucky moving its anti-trans bill forward, and Republican senators blocking a bill that would have banned gender-affirming care for minors in Idaho.

For some, the wait had lasted decades. Others thought they would never see the day that in conservative Idaho -one of the most Republican-dominated states in the nation- same-sex marriage would be legalized.

Same-sex couples who lined up to get married in Idaho and made plans to obtain wedding licenses in Las Vegas had their hopes dashed Wednesday after a U.S. Supreme Court justice temporarily blocked a lower-court ruling that declared gay marriage legal in Idaho and Nevada.

Idaho's Republican lawmakers have sent a tax conformity bill back to the drawing board because it would have removed an unenforceable rule banning joint returns from same-sex couples.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - An Idaho lawmaker upset with federal judges who have overturned same-sex marriage bans across the nation is proposing that Congress impeach judges who fail to uphold the U.S. Constitution.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A House panel delayed discussion of new rules forbidding same-sex couples legally married elsewhere from filing joint Idaho income tax returns.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — More than 200 gay rights demonstrators descended on the Idaho Capitol, with placard-holding, flag-bearing activists filling multiple rotunda floors as they sought again to convince Republican lawmakers to hold a hearing on a bill to protect gays and lesbians from discrimination.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — At least 25 gay rights protesters again blocked the main entrance to the Idaho Senate, saying they're willing to be arrested in their effort to get majority Republican lawmakers to take up a bill promoting anti-discrimination protections.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden filed a motion Thursday seeking to dismiss a lawsuit that challenges the state's voter-approved same-sex marriage ban.

Officials in the north-central Idaho city of Lewiston have passed an ordinance banning discrimination in housing, employment and public accommodation based on sexual orientation or gender identity.