A federal judge in Montana has just rules Montana's marriage ban(s) unconstitutional. There is no stay in the order and the injunction goes into effect immediately. Congratulations, Montana.
Montana was the one remaining state within the Ninth Circuit without marriage equality.
From Freedom To Marry:
Today, November 19, a U.S. District Court Judge ruled in favor of the freedom to marry in Montana, striking down the ban on marriage between same-sex couples in the state.
This is the 54th court ruling since June 2013 in favor of the freedom to marry. Just four courts - most notably, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit - have upheld marriage discrimination. Plaintiffs from the 6th Circuit cases, out of Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee, are now seeking review from that out-of-step ruling from the United States Supreme Court.
This ruling was in the case Rolando v. Fox, a federal legal case involving four couples, filed by private lawyers in Montana. The couples are Angie and Tonya Rolando, Shauna and Nicole Goubeaux, Ben Milano and Chase Weinhandl, and Sue Hawthorne and Adel Johnson. These couples were either married outside of Montana and denied respect in the state, or want to get married in the state.
The Governor of Montana, Steve Bullock, supports the freedom to marry.