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Billings, Mont., rejects LGBT-inclusive non-discrimination ordinance
BILLINGS, Mont. — The Billings City Council has rejected an ordinance to ban discrimination based on a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity. The Billings Gazette reports the council’s decision came early Tuesday, with Mayor Tom Hanel casting the deciding vote.
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Marriage News Watch: State lawyers ignore public support for marriage equality
The rules have changed yet again this week in Colorado, with new rulings on marriage from multiple courts. New polls show growing support for equality in western states, but multiple Attorneys General have filed new briefs to stop gay and lesbian couples from marrying. And another Republican member of Congress has come out in favor of the freedom to marry…
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Montana AG asks federal court to uphold same-sex marriage ban
HELENA, Mont. — Montana’s attorney general asked a federal court Thursday to uphold the state’s constitutional same-sex marriage ban in response to a lawsuit that seeks to overturn it. Republican Attorney General Tim Fox said in documents filed in federal court in Great Falls that the people of Montana spoke when they passed the ban in 2004. The ban says marriage…
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Bozeman, Mont., adopts LGBT-inclusive non-discrimination ordinance
BOZEMAN, Mont. — Bozeman city commissioners have adopted an ordinance that prohibits discrimination in the workplace, housing and public accommodations based on a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity. Commissioners voted unanimously on Monday to adopt the ordinance, making Bozeman the fourth city in the state to do so.
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Four couples file lawsuit challenging Montana’s same-sex marriage ban
HELENA, Mont. — Four gay couples are suing Montana over its constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. That leaves North Dakota and South Dakota as the only two states with gay marriage bans and no lawsuits seeking to overturn them.
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Bozeman leaders support ordinance to ban anti-LGBT discrimination
BOZEMAN, Mont. — Bozeman city leaders have given their initial backing to a measure creating protections for its LGBT citizens.
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Butte, Mont., council passes LGBT inclusive anti-discrimination ordinance
BUTTE, Mont. — Butte-Silver Bow commissioners have passed an ordinance that bans discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity with regard to housing, employment and the use of public accommodations.
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Ten attorneys general file brief supporting Nev. same-sex marriage ban
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes and top law officers from nine other states are fighting a lawsuit challenging Nevada’s same-sex marriage ban, arguing no fundamental right to same-sex marriage exists.
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Butte, Mont., drafting LGBT-inclusive anti-discrimination ordinance
BUTTE, Mont. — The Butte-Silver Bow Council of Commissioners has asked the county attorney to draft an ordinance that would prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
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Montana: Legally married same-sex couples may not file joint state tax return
HELENA, Mont. — Montana’s state Revenue Director said Tuesday that same-sex couples legally married in other states may not file joint state income-tax returns.