The North Dakota Senate on Thursday rejected a measure that would have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. A vote to approve would have made North Dakota the first state to make such an overture to the high court,

The resolution, which passed the North Dakota House, was part of a broader push by some conservatives to end the national right to same-sex marriage.

On Thursday, the North Dakota State Senate rejected a resolution urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn its landmark ruling on same-sex marriage.