Challenging Montana's Inequality

Six same-sex couples appeared in a Helena, Mont. district court last week to argue for state recognition of their relationships.

The couples, aided by the American Civil Liberties Union, are seeking domestic partnership recognition in their case, Donaldson and Guggenheim v. State of Montana. The suit was filed in July and is now coming to a head -- the ACLU wants the judge in the case to rule without a trial, while the state's attorney general is seeking to have the lawsuit dismissed.

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