Section 5

Citation: Section 5
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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marriages each have their own peculiar legal, but nonreligious, prerequisites. See In re
Marriage of Swanner-Renner, 2009 MT 186, ¶ 17, 351 Mont. 62, 209 P.3d 238
(common-law marriage); §§ 40-1-311 to -313 and -323 to -324 (declaration of marriage).
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          The court may have been referring to St. Andrews Roman Catholic Church,
which is located next door to the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse.
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          While the State’s amici apparently take a different view, they have cited no
authority whatsoever for their premise that the State is required to grant such benefits.
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Amendment has denied them that ability—they do demand, and rightly so, that their

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