Tag Archives: Minnesota

JMG reader Bryan sends us this clip of a group of Somalian immigrant children harassing a gay man as he walks home from Twin Cities Pride in Minneapolis. Listen as they shout “I hate gay people!” “Fuck gay people!” and other epithets. The man maintains his composure beautifully.

And it only took 164 days! Over five months after the election, a three-judge panel has declared Democrat Al Franken the winner of the Minnesota U.S. Senate race. The judges–Hennepin County’s Denise Reilly, Pennington County’s Kurt Marben and Stearns County’s Elizabeth Hayden–issued their final ruling late Monday, stating “Franken received the highest number of lawfully cast ballots in the Nov. …

You can stop worrying about global warming or nuclear war, the Minnesota Family Council will save us all. The Minnesota Family Council says it will introduce an amendment banning same-sex marriage, civil unions and domestic partnerships in Minnesota in the next few days. The group announced the new amendment push at a press conference with fundamentalist religious leaders on Tuesday. …

Openly gay Minnesota Republican state Sen. Paul Koering is under fire for refusing to support same-sex marriage because the state has “more important” items on the agenda. Koering is getting a lot of understandable flack from his fellow gays and this, in part, is how his assistant is responding to complaining emails: I can testify all day long about how …

Minnesota gay Republican state Sen. Paul Koering won’t support same-sex marriage. Because the state is too busy with important things. State Sen. Paul Koering, R-Fort Ripley, told KLKS on Friday that he will not vote for the Marriage and Family Protection Act, a bill that would make Minnesota’s marriage laws gender-neutral, allowing same-sex couples many of the rights currently denied …

It looks like the long count/recount may be finally over as today Al Franken is scheduled to be formally declared the winner of his bitter Senate fight with Norm Coleman. Democrat Al Franken will be declared the winner of the tight U.S. Senate contest in Minnesota, emerging from a ballot recount with a slim margin over Republican Norm Coleman, state …

A Minnesota court has refused to allow former Sen. Larry “Wide Stance” Craig to withdraw his guilty plea from his sex-sting arrest in the Minneapolis airport. Craig responds: “I am extremely disappointed by the action of the Minnesota Court of Appeals,” Craig (R-ID) said in a statement. “I disagree with their conclusion and remain steadfast in my belief that nothing …

Al Franken continues to refuse to concede in his Senate bid in Minnesota. The vote gap between Senate candidates Norm Coleman and Al Franken fluctuated throughout the day Thursday, with Franken closing to within 236 votes by Thursday evening. The fluctuations are normal, said a spokesman at the Secretary of State’s office, as county’s double check their work and report …

This may be the last you see of Sen. Larry Craig. Here’s a short bit of his final address to the Senate yesterday. It was just last year that Sen. Larry E. Craig riveted political Washington with his arrest in an airport sex sting and subsequent public declaration, “I am not gay.” On Thursday, there was much less hubbub — …

Former SNL cast member and Air America host Al Franken easily won the Minnesota Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate yesterday. Franken will face incumbent Republican Sen. Norm Coleman in November. Al Franken is tremendous friend of the LGBT community and has spoken many times in support of ENDA and marriage equality. Let’s wish him well.