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Defender of marriage and Minnesota Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch (R) has resigned her post in disgrace after allegations of an affair with a Senate staffer. Koch, who is is married with one child, was one of the proponents of Minnesota’s 2012 anti-gay marriage constitutional amendment. [Update below] At a Capitol news conference Friday, Sen. Geoff Michel (R-Edina) said Senate …

The Star-Tribune reports: In an effort to promote the passage of the marriage amendment to the state’s Constitution, Twin Cities Archbishop John Nienstedt wants Catholics to recite a special prayer during mass. He’s also urging area Catholics “to embrace Fridays as a particular day of prayer and sacrifice for the success of this most current struggle to defend marriage with …

In order to address bullying that has resulted in the suicides of several gay students, a local school board in Michele Bachmann’s Minnesota district is considering allowing teachers to address “controversial topics” like homosexuality. And nobody is happy is about it. At a standing room only school board meeting, district officials introduced a new proposal Monday night that in theory …

If you have an internet machine, you’ve probably seen this week’s campaign deluge from Minnesota For Marriage. More samples here. (Via – Zack Ford)

Truth Wins Out reports that Ladybird Bachmann called one of their contributors to demand payment on two missed “ex-gay” reparative therapy sessions. Because even though the undercover patient’s cover was blown when the story went public, Ladybird wants to be paid. From Ladybird’s voicemail: Hello John Becker, this is Doctor Marcus Bachmann (emphasis his); I received a message from our …

(Via – Good As You)

As I reported last week, NOM has hired infamous Tea Party lawyer Cleta Mitchell as the point person in their bid to evade Minnesota’s campaign finance law. This move has prompted the Human Rights Campaign to criticize Foley & Lardner LLP, the major DC-based law firm where Mitchell is a partner. Enter the Family Research Council: Continuing their bullying campaign …

“Favor” is the anti-gay position. (Via – Igor Volsky)

(Via – Good As You)

NOM has hired notorious Tea Party attorney Cleta Mitchell in their battle to evade Minnesota’s campaign finance disclosure laws. Mitchell registered as a lobbyist with the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board last Wednesday, according to board records. She’s the only lobbyist that NOM has currently registered in Minnesota, although NOM President Brian Brown was registered for a month …

Good As You asks: “Is this even legal?”

Whackjob Minnesota radio host and anti-gay preacher Bradlee Dean has turned on his longtime hero, Michele Bachmann. Because she won’t answer direct questions. I was listening to a radio show, and she was asked a question and she would not answer the question. And it’s like you are such a great, upstanding, upright, citizen that you cannot answer the question …

Minnesota’s Catholic bishops say they are ready to lead the statewide effort to pass a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. And they’ve already begun their push by asking priests to form local anti-gay committees in each of their parishes. “It is imperative that we marshal our resources to educate the faithful about the church’s teachings on these matters, and to …

From the clip description: At the Minnesota Faith and Freedom Coalition strategy session about the upcoming ballot measure seeking to re-write the state constitution to ban marriages for same-sex couples, Republican Party hit-man Karl Rove, and congressman Erik Paulsen were showered with glitter by a group of equality advocates who call themselves “The Glitterati.” The event was set to award …

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Clip description: St. Paul, MN — Glitter rained down from the heavens in a “Minnesota Miracle” on the anti-marriage equality booth at the Minnesota state fair. LGBT equality activists showered the booth from a ski-lift shouting: “Where’s our booth?” and “Equality for all!” in reference to the strange appearance of the anti-gay booth despite the exclusion of a pro-equality booth …