Section 29

Citation: Section 29
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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See also e.g. Alan Sears & Craig Osten, The Homosexual Agenda: Exposing the
Principal Threat to Religious Freedom Today (Broadman & Holman 2003). It is
disturbing that the same sort of propaganda was used to demonize various disliked groups
in pre-World War II Germany. Some examples of this are provided at the German
Propaganda Archive, http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa, including The German
National Catechism, The Jewish World Plague, and Ten Responses to Jewish Lackeys.
See also Persecution of Homosexuals in Nazi Germany and the Holocaust,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_homosexuals_in_Nazi_Germany_and_the_H
olocaust (which is a thorough and authoritatively supported article on the subject); Jewish
Virtual Library, Nazi Persecution of the Mentally and Physically Disabled,
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/disabled.html. (Each Internet site
mentioned in this Dissent was last accessed December 14, 2012.)
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As amici curiae Montana Religious Leaders make clear, religious organizations
are not in unanimous agreement concerning the rights of same-sex couples. Compare
Amicus Curiae Br. of Mont. Catholic Conf. and Other Christian Churches (opposing
Plaintiffs’ claim), with Br. of Amici Curiae “Montana Religious Leaders” (supporting
Plaintiffs’ claim because, “like all Montanans, gay and lesbian Montanans deserve to be
treated with dignity and afforded equal rights and protections under the law”).
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As a former member of the Catholic Church, I find it somewhat incongruous
that while the Montana Catholic Conference leads the charge here against the same-sex
couples, the Church is an institution that is itself burdened with a history of marginalizing
women and facilitating the sexual abuse of children. The literature on this subject is
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¶191 Before proceeding, I should note that what follows is not an attack on religion, and

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