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MT, USA: Democratic Congessional Candidate Runs Marriage Equality Ad

Friday, April 27th, 2012

Montana Democratic Congressional candidate Dave Strohmaier is calling on progressives to prove they support the values they claim represent them.

In his latest video — what seems to be his first produced ad — he boasts his support for marriage equality while officiating a same-sex wedding, adding, “It sure does annoy Republicans.”

Full Story from Think Progress

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MT, USA: State Supreme Court Hears Domestic Partnership Case

Saturday, April 14th, 2012

Montana Gay MarriageThe American Civil Liberties Union today appealed a district-court ruling dismissing the same-sex domestic partnership case, Donaldson and Guggenheim v. State of Montana, to the Montana Supreme Court:

“The Montana Constitution guarantees fair and equal treatment to all people, including gay and lesbian couples,” said lead attorney, James Goetz, of the Bozeman, MT, law firm Goetz, Gallik & Baldwin, who is acting as a cooperating attorney.

“This case is about giving loving, committed couples the recognition they deserve and ensuring that all families can thrive in Montana. Domestic partnerships are a way for the Montana Constitution’s guarantees of human dignity and protection for all people to be upheld for same-sex couples.”

Full Story from Towleroad.com

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MT: 51% Oppose Marriage Equality, But 62% Support Legal Equality for Gays

Thursday, December 8th, 2011

New York Gay Marriage PollAdd Montana to the list of states where even opponents of gay marriage–a 51% majority–still are okay with civil unions. 62% want same-sex couples to have legal equality, including 84% of Democrats, 65% of independents, and 39% of Republicans, only 10% of whom favor marriage in the two-way question.

Full Story from Public Policy Poling

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ACLU Says Montana Judge Abdicated Responsibility in Marriage Equality Case

Monday, November 14th, 2011

Montana Gay MarriageA Montana judge abdicated his responsibility when he dismissed a lawsuit by six gay couples seeking the same legal benefits as married couples, the American Civil Liberties Union said Monday in an appeal to the state’s highest court.

The six couples, barred from marrying under the state’s voter-approved constitutional definition of marriage as between a man and a woman, aren’t asking for the right to wed. Instead, they say they want to be able to make decisions like married couples about their families’ health care, finances, inheritance and burials.

They say the state is unconstitutionally denying them those benefits even though they are in committed relationships. They asked a district judge earlier this year to declare the current state law unconstitutional and order the law fixed.

via greatfallstribune.com.

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MT: ACLU Appeals Gay Couples’ Case to State Supreme Court

Thursday, August 4th, 2011

The ACLU is fighting back after being dismissed in a lawsuit over rights for same-sex couples, and this time the Montana Supreme Court will hear their case.

Last year the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against the state on behalf of six gay couples- two of whom are from Bozeman. The organization argued that the Montana constitution guarantees gay and lesbian couples the same rights as married couples.

The couples wanted to be able to make decisions on issues like health care and inheritance, and the ability to file joint tax returns.

Full Story from NBC Montana

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MT: Judge Rejects Gay Couples’ Lawsuit for Equal Rights

Thursday, April 21st, 2011

Montana Gay Rights LawsuitA Montana judge on Thursday rejected a lawsuit that sought to extend to gay couples the same legal protections as married couples, saying in his decision that he can’t grant the benefits partly because of the state’s voter-approved constitutional definition of marriage as between a man and a woman.

Last year, the American Civil Liberties Union filed the lawsuit on behalf of the gay couples, arguing that the guarantees in the Montana Constitution of equal protection, privacy and dignity should require the state to afford the legal rights to the gay couples. The ACLU said it plans to appeal the case to the Montana Supreme Court.

The gay couples weren’t asking for the right in the lawsuit to marry, which the Montana Constitutional defines as between a man and a woman. Rather they wanted to be able to make burial, health care and other decisions, while enjoying such benefits as jointly filing taxes.

Full Story from Ther Republic

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MT: Anti Gay Bill On Hold in Senate

Thursday, March 24th, 2011

Montana Anti Gay BillA Republican senator says a measure to overturn a Missoula city ordinance that protects gay people from discrimination lacks support from GOP leadership.

The Senate Local Government Committee passed House Bill 516 last week. But the bill was returned to the committee Tuesday and chairman Sen. Jon Sonju says it is doubtful the measure will go to the Senate floor.

Sonju says he moved the measure back to committee because it doesn’t have the support of Senate leaders. The proposal, carried by Republican Rep. Kristin Hansen, drew lengthy testimony during its hearings in the House and Senate.

Full Story from KBZK

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MT: Senate Committee Passes Anti Gay Rights Bill

Friday, March 18th, 2011

The Senate Local Government Committee has backing a proposal to overturn a Missoula city ordinance that protects gay people from discrimination.

House Bill 516 has already passed the House will go to the Senate floor next. Lawmakers spoke heatedly for and against the measure Friday before the committee’s approval.

Supporters believe Missoula’s ordinance is unconstitutional because it goes beyond a city’s local authority.

Full Story from The Republic

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GOP in Second State Decides Not to Repeal Anti Gay Sodomy Law

Friday, March 18th, 2011

House Republicans put a stop Friday to separate plans that would repeal the state’s death penalty and get rid of an obsolete state law that criminalizes gay sex.

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Also turned back was a plan to get rid of a state law making gay sex subject to criminal penalties – even though the courts have ruled it unconstitutional and unenforceable.

Republicans, in a 13-7 vote, stacked up against the idea of removing from the books the law offensive to the gay community, which has argued over the years that the antiquated law sends a hostile message.

Full Story from The Helena Independent Record

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MT: House Considers Removal of Obsolete Law Criminalizing Gay Sex

Thursday, March 17th, 2011

The future of a Montana law that criminalizes same-sex relations is now up to the House Judiciary Committee, while the Senate has already backed a measure that removes an obsolete state law from the books.

Over a decade ago, in the case Gryczan versus Montana, the state Supreme Court struck down a law that criminalized consensual, private homosexual acts. “I don’t know anyone who believes that I belong in prison for ten years because I love a woman,” said Linda Gryczan, the plaintiff in the 1997 case. “I don’t know anyone who believes that the state belongs in my bedroom or belongs in yours.”

Despite being regarded as unconstitutional, the language still remains in state code. However, Democratic Senator Tom Facey’s Senate Bill 276 would remove the language that currently criminalizes consensual, homosexual sex. “The purpose of this bill is to recognize the dignity and rights of all Montanans,” Sen. Facey said.

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