Tag Archives: State: Montana

Maniaci’s attorneys . . . argue that Kulstad has no legal or biological ties to the children and say the judge ruled in her favor simply because “the two women lived together for a period of time.”

CBN reports: On Monday, District Judge Ed McLean recognized Montana resident Michele Kulstad as a legal parent to an 8-year-old boy and 5-year-old girl that her previous partner had adopted during their relationship. Kulstad was granted joint custody of the …

The AP reports:  ”A judge ruled in favor of a woman who sought parental rights to a boy and girl adopted by her former same-sex partner, a decision described as a first for Montana.” ADF attorney Austin R. Nimocks is mentioned …

The AP reports: Canyon Ferry Road Baptist Church is appealing a 2006 decision by U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy of Missoula, who ruled against the church and its lawsuit challenging a decision by the state commissioner of political practices. The …

ADF attorneys are appealing a 2006 court decision holding the church in violation of a Montana campaign finance law because it did not report to the state when speaking on the social issue of Montana’s marriage amendment.

LifeNews.com reports: Girls Inc. is back in the news over abortion and now the group for young women is teaming up with Planned Parenthood. The organization, which has come under fire for adopting a pro-abortion position, is conducting workshops in …

The Missoulian reports: Opponents of an proposed constitutional amendment to ban abortion by defining a fertilized human egg as a “person” announced Tuesday the measure has failed to gain enough support to qualify for the November ballot. Constitutional Initiative 100 …

MontanaNewsStation.com reports: “Monday night, the city council approved an interim zoning change. The original goal was to keep the Aphrodite’s Inferno Club from opening but the club opened last night . . . “

The Billings Gazette reports: Aphrodite’s Inferno, a new downtown Billings adult entertainment club, opened for business Sunday night to a crowd of about 50 invited guests . . . A loophole in zoning regulations allows nude dance clubs downtown so …

Undermining the rights of fit parents harms families and children,” said Nimocks, senior legal counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, a national conservative legal agency. “A natural parent who has never been declared unfit as a parent has the right to prevent access to her children by legal strangers.” . . .

Alliance Defense Fund Senior Legal Counsel Austin R. Nimocks will argue before the Missoula County Fourth Judicial District Court on behalf of a mother who is asking the court to reject visitation and parental rights demanded by a woman not biologically or legally related to her children.

Colorado and Montana are the two states where “personhood” measures could make the 2008 ballot and create a legal foundation to outlaw abortion.

“It breaks my heart” that women from the Bozeman area must travel to Billings, Missoula, Helena or Kalispell to end unwanted pregnancies, Wicklund told the Bozeman Daily Chronicle in a story Thursday.

A new pro-life group for Catholics is asking the bishops of Montana to reconsider their decision not to back a statewide personhood initiative that could pave the way for banning abortions.

The Montana Board of Pharmacy has dropped all complaints against Christian pharmacist John Lane who declined to dispense a pill that many believe causes abortions . . .

The Montana Board of Pharmacy has dropped all complaints against a pharmacist who declined to dispense contraceptives and the so-called “morning after pill” because of his sincerely-held religious beliefs.

“For too long the national pro-life movement has been dominated by a strategy of “wait,” too fearful of losing to risk winning.” . . .

LifeNews.com and LifeSiteNews.com are both reporting that the Montana Catholic Conference will not support the personhood amendment.

A new citizens group has organized to fight pornography in the Flathead County. Their objective is to protect the community and its children from obscenity said Gail Tylor, President of Flathead Advocates for Decency.

Attorneys with the Christian Legal Society and the Alliance Defense Fund filed suit today in federal court challenging the University of Montana School of Law’s decision to derecognize a CLS student chapter because of its Christian beliefs.