Marriage equality is coming to yet another deeply conservative state — this time, Montana.
A federal judge struck down the Big Sky’s same-sex marriage ban on Wednesday, positioning the state to join 33 others in allowing gay and lesbian couples to legally wed. U.S. District Judge Brian Morris, a President Obama appointee, did not stay the effects of his ruling pending appeal, so same-sex couples will be able to marry immediately.
“These families, like all of us, want their children to adventure into the world without fear of violence; to achieve all that their talent and perseverance allows without fear of discrimination; and to love themselves so that they can love others,” wrote Morris in his 18-page opinion. “No family wants to deprive its precious children of the chance to marry the loves of their lives. Montana no longer can deprive Plaintiffs and other same-sex couples of the chance to marry their loves.”









