Donaldson v. State of Montana, 2012 MT 288 (2012)

Citation: Donaldson v. State of Montana, 2012 MT 288 (2012)
Parent Document: Donaldson v. State of Montana, 2012 MT 288 (2012)
Jurisdiction: Montana (state)
Effective Date: 2012-12-17
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/889962/donaldson-v-state-of-montana/ ↗

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and survival of the race.” Skinner v. Okla. ex rel. Williamson, 316 U.S. 535, 541, 62 S.
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  See also Maynard, 125 U.S. at 211-12, 8 S. Ct. at 730 (quoting Adams v. Palmer, 51 Me. 480,
485 (Me. 1863)) (marriage is “a ‘relation the most important . . . the first step from barbarism to
incipient civilization, the purest tie of social life and the true basis of human progress’”);
Griswold v. Conn., 381 U.S. 479, 486, 85 S. Ct. 1678, 1682 (1965) (“Marriage is a coming
together for better or for worse, hopefully enduring, and intimate to the degree of being sacred.
It is an association . . . . for as noble a purpose as any involved in our prior decisions.”);
Reynolds v. U.S., 98 U.S. 145, 165 (1879) (“Upon [marriage] . . . society may be said to be
built”).
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Ct. 1110, 1113 (1942). “[V]irtually every [U.S.] Supreme Court case recognizing as

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