Judge strikes down Montana's same-sex marriage ban
Source: KRTV
GREAT FALLS -- U.S. District Court judge Brian Morris in Great Falls ruled on Wednesday in favor of four Montana same-sex couples suing for the right to marry.
Morris ruled that Montana's constitutional amendment limiting marriage to between a man and a woman violates the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
The couples in the ACLU's lawsuit challenging Montana's marriage amendment are Angie and Tonya Rolando of Great Falls, Shauna and Nicole Goubeaux of Billings, Ben Milano and Chase Weinhandl of Bozeman, and Sue Hawthorne and Adel Johnson of Helena.
In September, the Ninth Circuit Court ruled in a unanimous opinion that Idaho and Nevada's bans on marriage for same-sex couples are unconstitutional. Montana is part of Ninth Circuit and Judge Morris cited the Circuit Court's opinion in his ruling.
Read more: http://www.krtv.com/news/judge-strikes-down-montana-s-same-sex-marriage-ban/
shenmue
(38,506 posts)Everyone is marrying everyone, it seems!
JackBeck
(12,359 posts)shenmue
(38,506 posts)I predict lots of fun posts over at Right Wing Watch and Wonkette in the next few days.
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)I thought that's where the movie was set!
uppityperson
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(33,982 posts)JackBeck
(12,359 posts)MissMillie
(38,587 posts)Equality will eventually win.... it just sucks that it takes so long.
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Initech
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(38,506 posts)It'll be so much fun to see the look of shock on pRick Scott's face.