Montana prohibits same sex marriage, which is fine with me, but does not provide for civil unions with the legal protections afforded by marriage, which is not fine with me.
It’s not fine with Montana’s chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, either. Yesterday, the ACLU:
…filed its appeal of a Montana District Court decision dismissing the same-sex domestic partnership case, Donaldson and Guggenheim v. State of Montana, to the Montana Supreme Court. The appeal argues that the Montana Constitution guarantees fair and equal treatment to all people, including gay and lesbian couples. [From the ACLU’s press release.]
The Montana ACLU’s website has a special section on Guggenheim that’s well worth reading.