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“I believe that every Minnesotan should have the freedom to marry legally the person she or he loves, whether of the same or other sex. Last year, Minnesotans began a conversation about why marriage matters, and we found our common belief that it is about love, commitment, and responsibility. I want Minnesota to be a state which affirms that freedom …

The Minnesota legislature will likely see a marriage equality bill in the next several weeks. Activists expect a tough battle. “The energy and excitement around getting this done is overwhelming,” said Carlbom, campaign manager for Minnesotans United for All Families. “That is what gives us the biggest boost of confidence.” Carlbom’s team is busy drafting language for a bill, which …

In two nearly identical notices, NOM has posted emergency warnings that same-sex marriage is about to be legalized in Illinois and Minnesota.  From the Minnesota post: In November, Minnesotans voted to maintain the status quo on marriage, as Minnesota statutes already recognize marriage as the union of a husband and wife. Now gay marriage activists are trying to force a …

Encouraging news from Minnesota: Supporters of legalizing same-sex marriage hope to speedily pass legislation in the first weeks of the upcoming legislative session. That is, they hope to send a bill to Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton’s desk prior to the release of February budget forecast. “This kind of closes the loop of the election,” said Rep. Alice Hausman, DFL-St. Paul, …

Democratic Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton today told NPR that he will sign a marriage equality bill should one reach his desk.  When asked about legalizing same-sex marriage after Minnesotans defeated a constitutional amendment defining marriage as only between a man and a woman, Dayton said he would sign a bill if it comes to him. But he said he’s unsure …

Yesterday Minneapolis swore in its first openly lesbian chief of police. Janeé Harteau was sworn in as the city’s 52nd police chief on Thursday before a crowd of 300 people in the rotunda of Minneapolis City Hall, as Sgt. Holly Keegel, whom she introduced as her “life partner,” and their 13-year-old daughter, Lauren, stood by her side. “I will always …

A Catholic church in Minnesota denied confirmation to a 17 year-old student after seeing the above photo on his Facebook page. The decision by the Rev. Gary LaMoine to deny the religious rite of passage for Lennon Cihak in mid-October shocked his mother, who said her son has gone to church every week and volunteered around the community in preparation …

As we expected, rather than obey the judge’s order to pay Rachel Maddow’s legal fees after the dismissal of his $50M defamation suit against her, hate group leader Bradlee Dean is filing an appeal of the case. Via a World Net Daily: An appeal is being prepared in a case that alleges MSNBC personality Rachel Maddow defamed a Christian minister …

A Minnesota pastor has been charged with eight felony counts of sexual assault upon men he was giving “ex-gay therapy.” How entirely shocking. Lakeside Christian Church’s senior pastor, the Rev. Ryan J. Muehlhauser, 55, of Cambridge, appeared in court Tuesday on eight felony counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct and remains free pending another hearing next month. Muehlhauser also was …

Reuters speculates: Historically, the Supreme Court has provided a single national framework on social issues like same-sex marriage, said James Essex, a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union. But it generally does so only after much of the country has reached a consensus, said Essex, who helped bring one of the challenges to the Defense of Marriage Act. In …

Clip description: At 1:45 a.m., Campaign Manager Richard Carlbom of Minnesotans United for All Families announced to campaign staff and board members that the vote on the proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage in Minnesota was too close to call. As he was about to end his remarks and tell everyone to get some sleep, Carlbom was told by …

“I would like to thank every single person that helped defeat the same-sex marriage ban in Minnesota, as well as every person who contributed to passing marriage-equality legislation in Maryland and Maine and (likely) Washington. Together, we made a statement that America is tired of division. America is tired of discrimination, of exclusion, and of unthinking oppression—the belief that people …

In a huge “FUCK YOU” to NOM, the Catholic Church, the Knights of Columbus, and one Ms. Kalley Yanta, last night Minnesota voters said “NO” to bigotry. The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports: “You dug down and fought for love, with love,” Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak told hundreds of amendment opponents gathered at the RiverCentre in St. Paul late Tuesday night. “You …

Back in July, I reported that Minnesota radio host and hate group leader Bradlee Dean had lost his libel suit against Rachel Maddow for reporting that he had called for the executions of homosexuals. The judge also then ruled that Dean must pay Maddow’s legal fees. Today we learn that Dean’s motion to stay the payment order has been denied. …

Buzzfeed has a whole lot more.  By the way, the scripture cited in the first sign is: “Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful …

“If [polls claim that] the country supports same-sex marriage, and you’ve got the red states and the blue states evening each other out, and we’re still winning in the deep blue states, there’s something wrong with the polling saying that we nationally support same-sex marriage. It’s just statistically impossible. This makes clear that the people of this country know that …

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