Minneapolis, MN – 02/03/10

Here’s what you may have missed this week in LGBT: Anti-Gay Marriage Amendment The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis touted the $650,000 it gave to support the anti-gay marriage amendment, promising that none of it came from funds earmarked by parishioners. The Uptake notes that the Catholic Church is …

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: …