Minnesota Public Radio has created a series of videos of average Minnesotans talking about the upcoming vote on the anti-gay marriage amendment as part of its Public Insight Network. The videos provide a glimpse of the motivations people have for voting for or against the amendment.

Several themes are readily apparent in the videos. Some folks who are planning to vote yes on the amendment are doing so for religious reasons. Those who are planning on voting no are people who know LGBT people personally either as close friends or family. Though some are planning to vote yes, several also feel that same-sex couples should have the same rights even if it is not called “marriage.”

Mark Hayes says that in his scientific opinion, homosexuality is a disease. He is planning to vote yes.

Liesl Rohland says that trying to change gay people to not be gay is like getting left-handed people to not be left-handed. She notes that she is in an interracial marriage that wouldn’t have been legal several decades ago. She said that she is planning to vote no.

Tom Markham can’t understand why anyone would want a homosexual relationship, let alone make it permanent. He says he has no ill feelings, but thinks that “what they are doing is wrong” and he bases that on the Bible.

Wendy Horowitz and Julian Bowers say they will oppose the amendment because of their own struggles. Julian is a trans man and before his gender was recognized as male by Wisconsin, they were not able to marry.

Aaron Crosby is on the fence but leaning “no.”

Cheyenne Bishop is unsure of how she will vote. She has LGBT friends, but she is also a Mormon.

Bob Mac Murdo is also conflicted on which way he will vote. He learned to respect LGBT people thanks to his late wife, but his upbringing shaped his early views of gays and lesbians negatively.

Roger and Liz O’Daniel are planning on voting yes on the amendment. They are faithful Catholics. Liz worked as an interior designer and made friends with many gay men during her career. They plan to vote yes because of legal and moral reasons, but he says they support full legal rights for same-sex couples through civil unions.

Karen Wills says the amendment is “fundamentally unChristian” and will be voting no on the amendment. Her father is in a same-sex relationship.

Jim Lawser and Duane Bandel are voting no on the amendment. They are married in Canada and hope to be able to marry in Minnesota some day.