COEUR d’ALENE — An attempt to declare Idaho a “Christian state” was nixed by the local Republican Party.

Precinct Committeeman Hans Neumann chastised two fellow committeemen for leaking the draft resolution to the Hagadone News Network before it was heard Tuesday night by the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee at the group’s regular monthly meeting.

Neumann said it was his first resolution, and he wasn’t prepared for the “uproar” it caused when Precinct Committeemen Bjorn Handeen and Kellie Palm offered their opinions on the draft resolution in the media.

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