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Ediacara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-04 01:26 PM
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Montana group wants gay-marriage ban put to vote | Billings Gazette
Montana group wants gay-marriage ban put to vote

By ALLISON FARRELL
Gazette State Bureau

HELENA - The Montana Family Foundation, a new nonprofit organization with ties to the national group Focus on the Family, is seeking to place a constitutional amendment on the state ballot in November to ban gay marriages in Montana.

The group's president, Rep. Jeff Laszloffy, R-Laurel, said Montana's Defense of Marriage Act - a l997 law limiting marriages to unions between one man and one woman - may not be strong enough to hold up in court.

"As a legislator, I've been appalled by the amount of legislating from the bench the court has been doing," said Laszloffy. "I think the problem stems from the fact that there is no clear direction for the courts to take."

Gay-rights advocates say they're not surprised that Montana conservatives are launching this constitutional initiative.

"We have been anticipating this," said Karl Olson, executive director of PRIDE, a gay-rights organization based in Helena. "We certainly aren't alarmed, but we're ready to challenge it."

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rustydog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-04 01:46 PM
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1. I can sympathize with the poor Montanans
First the women must compete with sheep for their men's affections and now homosexuals?

What is the world coming to.

btw: I was born in Missoula, went to school in Ronan, I say sheepishly. ha ha
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Ediacara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-04 01:52 PM
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2. :-)
I was about to kick some ass in defense of my adopted home.

And you're right, some places in Montana are pretty scary, but most Montana cities are pretty hip and modern :-)
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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-31-04 02:17 PM
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3. Yep, we're are even getting into some serious interior decorating
out here in the far eastern part of the state!

In my personal experience, most of the really hard core, hateful bigots in Montana are from somewhere else. And I wish they would all go back to where they came from... :evilgrin:
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