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Odds and Ends: Catholic Money EditionHere’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 …
Odds and ends: What’s happening in LGBT MN for the week of Jan. 27Members 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 …
Odds and Ends on anti-gay marriage amendmentHere’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, …
[by Andy Birkey | 16 Jan 2012 | Comments Off ]
Susan Allen’s election brings another LGBT voice to the CapitolLast 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 …
[by Andy Birkey | 16 Jan 2012 | Comments Off ]
Anoka Hennepin teachers union votes to oppose controversial topics policyThe 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 …
[by admin | 10 Jan 2012 | Comments Off ]
Minneapolis Archdiocese says ‘no’ to open dialogue on anti-gay amendmentThe 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 …
Duluth passes resolution opposing anti-gay marriage amendmentThe 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 …
[by Andy Birkey | 20 Dec 2011 | Comments Off ]
Marcus Bachmann says as First Spouse he would target gay marriageMarcus 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: …
[by admin | 19 Dec 2011 | Comments Off ]
Former Minneapolis Assistant Chief of Police Sharon Lubinski was sworn in this morning at the Minneapolis federal courthouse as the next US Marshal for Minnesota. Recommended to the post by Senator Amy Klobuchar and nominated by President Obama this fall, Lubinski’s appointment caps a 30-plus-year career in law enforcement that started as a sheriff’s deputy in Dane County, WI. In a story published a few weeks ago, KTSP reported that Lubinski’s 1993 coming out inspired other LGBT officers to step out of the closet. 
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