A poll released by Public Policy Polling on Friday shows that both sides of the anti-gay marriage amendment are under 50 percent. $8 percent of voters said they support the amendment and 44 percent say they are opposed. The margin of error is 2.8 percent. 8 percent said they weren’t …
The Eden Prairie City Council approved an ordinance creating a domestic partner registry on Tuesday night. The city becomes the 18th in Minnesota to offer a domestic partner registry and passed overwhelmingly, except for Council Member Brad Aho, the council’s endorsed Republican member, who spoke against the ordinance for nearly …
Affirmation, a group of LGBT Mormons, reacted strongly to the news that the Latter Day Saints were getting active in Minnesota. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints put out a letter to Minnesota’s Mormon temples last week, according to a Minnesota blogger. Affirmation asked the LDS to …
Jeff Wilfahrt has been a strong voice against a proposed amendment to the Minnesota Constitution banning rights for same-sex couples, and he intends to bring that voice to the Minnesota Legislature in 2013. Last week, he filed to run in his district in Rosemount. In a letter to friends and …
A poll released by Public Policy Polling on Friday shows that both sides of the anti-gay marriage amendment are under 50 percent. $8 percent of voters said they support the amendment and 44 percent say they are opposed. The margin of error is 2.8 percent. 8 percent said they weren’t sure, a considerable number given Minnesota quirky ballot measure laws. … Continue Reading
The Eden Prairie City Council approved an ordinance creating a domestic partner registry on Tuesday night. The city becomes the 18th in Minnesota to offer a domestic partner registry and passed overwhelmingly, except for Council Member Brad Aho, the council’s endorsed Republican member, who spoke against the ordinance for nearly 10 minutes before casting the lone vote against it.
“Marriage strengthens our society and that’s why we honor and give it benefits specific to marriage. If the people of Minnesota choose to redefine marriage in the election year this year that really going to be addressed at the state level,” Aho said. … Continue Reading
Affirmation, a group of LGBT Mormons, reacted strongly to the news that the Latter Day Saints were getting active in Minnesota. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints put out a letter to Minnesota’s Mormon temples last week, according to a Minnesota blogger. Affirmation asked the LDS to reconsider its efforts in Minnesota. … Continue Reading
Jeff Wilfahrt has been a strong voice against a proposed amendment to the Minnesota Constitution banning rights for same-sex couples, and he intends to bring that voice to the Minnesota Legislature in 2013. Last week, he filed to run in his district in Rosemount.
In a letter to friends and fellow advocated of LGBT equality, Wilfahrt explained his decision to run for office. … Continue Reading
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The controversy in the district is over the sexual orientation curriculum policy also called the “neutrality policy” which says that LGBT issues are not to be discussed in the district’s schools. Six students are suing to eliminate the policy on the grounds that it makes for a hostile school environment and the district announced last month that they are considering scrapping the policy and replacing it with one that deals with “controversial topics” but doesn’t single out LGBT students and issues. … Continue Reading
Kalley King Yanta, a former KSTP anchor and anti-abortion activist, has joined the Minnesota for Marriage group to anchor videos intended to convince Minnesotans to vote for the anti-gay marriage amendment on the ballot in 2012. The videos — and Kalley — have come under immediate scrutiny.
The American Independent reported on Yanta on Monday and her connections to anti-abortion activists. … Continue Reading
The Eagan City Council passed an ordinance creating a domestic partner registry for couples who cannot or wish not to marry. The ordinance includes same-sex couples. The city becomes the 17th city in Minnesota to pass such an ordinance.
It follows Minneapolis, Duluth, St. Paul, Edina, Golden Valley, Red Wing, Rochester, Maplewood, St. Louis Park, Richfield, Robbinsdale, Falcon Heights, Hopkins, Shoreview, Crystal, and Shorewood. … Continue Reading
Republicans in the Minnesota Senate elected Rochester Sen. David Senjem as the new Senate Majority Leader on Tuesday after ten hours of deliberation. Senjem will replace former majority leader, Amy Koch, following revelations that she had an inappropriate relationship with one of her employees. Some see a potential for good news in his election for the LGBT community. … Continue Reading
Tom Emmer took to the airwaves last weekend to complain that he was bullied by Hamline University when the school decided it did not want to hire the fiery former Republican politician as a business law instructor. And his complaining has landed the support of the National Organization for Marriage, Minnesota for Marriage, and Minnesota Majority, three groups opposed to equality for LGBT Minnesotans. … Continue Reading
Members of Minnesota’s Jewish community come out strong against the anti-gay marriage amendment, Anti-gay marriage amendment Bet Shalom Congregation is organizing to oppose the anti-gay marriage amendment: “This Sunday, from 2:00 -4:00 pm, Bet Shalom Congregation in Minnetonka will be holding an informative and engaging forum on the anti-family Minnesota …
Here’s what’s happening around the state this week: Rep. Karen Clark says she introduced the bill to repeal the anti-gay marriage amendment because she’s heard from legislators who have had second thoughts about their vote for the amendment last spring. [Politics in Minnesota] Minnesotans United, the coalition opposing the amendment, …
Last week’s election of Susan Allen to the Minnesota House of Representatives means that the LGBT community in Minnesota will have another voice at the Capitol. Allen won the seat that was vacated by Jeff Hayden who won a special election to the Minnesota Senate. She will join LGBT-identified legislators …
The teachers union at Minnesota’s largest school district voted on Monday night to oppose the “controversial topics policy,” a policy put forward to replace the district’s “neutrality policy” that limits discussions of LGBT issues in the district’s schools. The new controversial topics policy is confusing, teachers say, and could continue …
The Progressive Catholic Voice has the goods: It is my expectation that all the priests and deacons in this Archdiocese will support this venture and cooperate with us in the important efforts that lie ahead. The gravity of this struggle, and the radical consequences of inaction propels me to place …
The Duluth City Council became the first city to pass a resolution opposing a proposed amendment to the state constitution that would ban same-sex couples from marrying that will be on the ballot in 2012. The council passed the resolution on Monday by a vote of 6 to 2 with …
Marcus Bachmann, Michele Bachmann’s husband and the owner of a counseling business accused of peddling discredited “pray the gay away” therapies, told the New York Times over the weekend that like First Lady Michelle Obama’s cause celebre of fighting obesity, he too would champion an issue in the White House: …
Stonewall DFL, a LGBT group affiliated with DFL party, announced on Monday that it has endorsed Duluth City Council member Jeff Anderson for the race to unseat Republican Rep. Chip Cravaack. Anderson is one of four DFLers running for the party’s endorsement to take on Cravaack in 2012. In addition …
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