Montana Considers Civil Unions & Civil Rights Protections

[davidinalameda]

MONTANA?????

http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/01/011805montRts.htm

Montana legislators considered two gay rights bills on Martin Luther King Day - one that would allow civil unions, and one to extend civil rights protections to gays and lesbians.

The legislation to create civil unions was held in House Judiciary Committee while the Senate Judiciary Committee considered a civil rights bill. Both measures met with stiff opposition during packed hearings.

The civil unions bill would extend to same-sex couples the same benefits, protections and responsibilities afforded spouses in a marriage. Some of those benefits are group insurance, power of attorney in health care instances, and public assistance benefits under state law.

[havocmom]

1. Hey, we legalized medical use of pot and Ashcroft resigned instead of

strapping on his big guns and coming here to clean our clocks!

Help us out with a poll in the Billings Gazette on the civil union/gay marriage issue
http://www.billingsgazette.com/
Poll is on the far left about 3/4 the way down the page. Think how fun it would be to DU a Billings poll on gay marriage, civil unions poll! Billings is the most RW of the urban centers in Montana.

The poll also offers a choice of "Marriage would be better than civil unions" so go for it! ;)