Federal judge strikes down Montana gay marriage ban
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The U.S. District Court in Montana on Wednesday lifted the state's ban on same-sex marriage. In his ruling, Judge Brian Morris wrote that the ban denied same-sex couples equal protection under the law, and imposed "disfavored legal status" on them.
With the ruling, 34 states now allow gay couples to wed.
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