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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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for centuries there have been powerful voices to condemn homosexual
       conduct as immoral. The condemnation has been shaped by religious
       beliefs, conceptions of right and acceptable behavior, and respect for the
       traditional family. For many persons these are not trivial concerns but
       profound and deep convictions accepted as ethical and moral principles to
       which they aspire and which thus determine the course of their lives. These
       considerations do not answer the question before us, however. The issue is
       whether the majority may use the power of the State to enforce these views
       on the whole society through operation of [its] law[s]. Our obligation is to
       define the liberty of all, not to mandate our own moral code.

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