''To discriminate further against Ms. Kulstad because of her sexual preference in this day and age is no different than telling a person to go to the back of the bus because of her skin color.''

District Judge Ed McLean of Montana granting Michelle Kulstad joint custody to a boy and girl who her ex-girlfriend of 10 years, Barbara Maniaci, had adopted. Mancini is now married to a man and sought to block Kulstad from having any say in how the children are raised since she is did not legally adopt the children nor is she a blood relative. Kulstad argued that because it is illegal for same-sex couples to adopt in Montana, she could not appear on the adoption records. (Associated Press)