Illegal To Be Gay? Is This Texas?

The Unabomber. The Montana Militia. The Freemen standoff. Hardin prison nut jobs. Hank Williams, Jr. It seems every couple of years my beloved state of Montana produces some embarrassing development that results in national headlines leading the rest of the country into thinking that we’re just a grizzly-infested outpost that contains nothing but paranoid psychopathic hillbillies. “Montana is crazy,” says the rest of the country. “We should give that state back to Canada.” Our latest black eye is the Montana GOP’s attempt to outlaw homosexuality . In their sweaty obsession with pressing their bloodshot eyes up against the keyholes of Montana’s bedroom doors, the Republican party has been trying to make “homosexual acts” illegal since 1997/ Bob Wire , New West. More here .

• Cutline: Tim Ravndal, above top, was kicked out of the  party over an exchange on his Facebook page that appeared to condone violence against homosexuals. (AP Photo/Independent Record, Lisa Kunkel, File)
  

Question: What do you think of when you think of Montana?