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		<title>MN Family Council gave $350k to amendment backers, where did it come from?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:19:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to documents filed with the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board, the Minnesota Family Council gave $346,994.05 to Minnesota for Marriage and the pro-amendment campaign in 2011 through its political fund, Minnesota Family Council Marriage Protection Fund, which it set up to pass an anti-gay marriage amendment. That&#8217;s ...


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<li><a href='http://thecolu.mn/7037/mn-family-council-fights-for-the-right-to-vote-unless-its-for-labor' rel='bookmark' title='MN Family Council fights for the right to vote, unless it&#8217;s for labor'>MN Family Council fights for the right to vote, unless it&#8217;s for labor</a></li>
<li><a href='http://thecolu.mn/5248/minnesota-family-council-denied-permission-to-defend-doma' rel='bookmark' title='Minnesota Family Council denied permission to defend DOMA'>Minnesota Family Council denied permission to defend DOMA</a></li>
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		<title>MN GOP to bring in anti-gay Congressman for Lincoln Reagan Dinner</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Florida Rep. Allen West will be the featured speaker at the Minnesota Republican Party&#8217;s Lincoln Reagan Dinner in March, according to a press release by the MN GOP. West has a history of inflammatory remarks about LGBT people including advocating that they change and that marriage equality is an &#8220;oxymoron.&#8221; ...


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<li><a href='http://thecolu.mn/6381/bachmann-goes-anti-gay-during-presumed-presidential-campaign' rel='bookmark' title='Bachmann goes anti-gay during presumed presidential campaign'>Bachmann goes anti-gay during presumed presidential campaign</a></li>
<li><a href='http://thecolu.mn/7223/at-anoka-hennepin-proposed-policy-changes-prompt-protest-by-anti-gay-parents-group' rel='bookmark' title='At Anoka Hennepin, proposed policy changes prompt protest by anti-gay parents group'>At Anoka Hennepin, proposed policy changes prompt protest by anti-gay parents group</a></li>
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		<title>Minnesotans United raises $1.2 million to fight amendment</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Minnesotans United for All Families, the coalition of groups opposed to a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage reported over the weekend that they raised $1.2 million in 2011 to defeat the amendment. The majority of donations came from Minnesota. MPR reports: According to the documents, Minnesota Twins owner Jim Pohlad ...


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<li><a href='http://thecolu.mn/7192/hrc-ranks-minnesota-businesses-on-lgbt-equality' rel='bookmark' title='HRC ranks Minnesota businesses on LGBT equality'>HRC ranks Minnesota businesses on LGBT equality</a></li>
<li><a href='http://thecolu.mn/7012/center-stage-to-benefit-fight-against-anti-gay-marriage-amendment' rel='bookmark' title='&#8216;Center Stage&#8217; to benefit fight against anti-gay marriage amendment'>&#8216;Center Stage&#8217; to benefit fight against anti-gay marriage amendment</a></li>
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		<title>New poll shows anti-gay marriage amendment battle is tight</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:07:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Birkey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A poll released by Public Policy Polling on Friday shows that both sides of the anti-gay marriage amendment are under 50 percent. 48 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&#8217;t ...


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<li><a href='http://thecolu.mn/4537/mpr-poll-minnesotans-want-civil-unions' rel='bookmark' title='MPR poll: Minnesotans want civil unions'>MPR poll: Minnesotans want civil unions</a></li>
<li><a href='http://thecolu.mn/492/poll-92-of-iowans-not-effected-by-same-gender-marriage' rel='bookmark' title='Poll: 92% of Iowans not effected by same-gender marriage'>Poll: 92% of Iowans not effected by same-gender marriage</a></li>
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		<title>Eden Prairie passes domestic partner ordinance, becomes 18th Minnesota city to do so</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:33:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s endorsed Republican member, who spoke against the ordinance for nearly ...


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<li><a href='http://thecolu.mn/5168/maplewood-passes-domestic-partner-registry-golden-valley-to-vote-on-tuesday' rel='bookmark' title='Maplewood passes domestic partner registry, Golden Valley to vote on Tuesday'>Maplewood passes domestic partner registry, Golden Valley to vote on Tuesday</a></li>
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		<title>Gay Mormons react to church efforts to pass anti-gay marriage amendment in Minnesota</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:40:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s Mormon temples last week, according to a Minnesota blogger. Affirmation asked the LDS to ...


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<li><a href='http://thecolu.mn/7351/news-anchor-anti-abortion-activist-to-be-the-face-of-anti-gay-marriage-amendment-in-minnesota' rel='bookmark' title='News anchor, anti-abortion activist to be the &#8216;face&#8217; of anti-gay marriage amendment in Minnesota'>News anchor, anti-abortion activist to be the &#8216;face&#8217; of anti-gay marriage amendment in Minnesota</a></li>
<li><a href='http://thecolu.mn/7258/neinstedt-issues-anti-gay-marriage-amendment-prayer' rel='bookmark' title='Neinstedt issues anti-gay marriage amendment prayer'>Neinstedt issues anti-gay marriage amendment prayer</a></li>
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		<title>Jeff Wilfahrt files to run for Minnesota House</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:46:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 ...


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		<title>Legislators propose repeal of anti-gay marriage amendment</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Birkey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DFL legislators in the Minnesota House introduced a bill during the legislative recess on Friday to repeal a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage from the 2012 ballot. The bill faces high hurdles as the Republicans still control the House. Here&#8217;s text of the bill: H.F. No. 1885, as introduced ...


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<li><a href='http://thecolu.mn/6481/albert-lea-tribune-says-no-to-anti-gay-marriage-amendment' rel='bookmark' title='Albert Lea Tribune says no to anti-gay marriage amendment'>Albert Lea Tribune says no to anti-gay marriage amendment</a></li>
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		<title>Conservative Christian parents fight for right to discriminate against LGBT students at Anoka Hennepin</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:49:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A slew of conservative Christian parents &#8212; and even an orthodox rabbi &#8212; implored the Anoka-Hennepin School District to purge schools of any mention of homosexuality and demanded that teachers teach about the &#8220;ex-homosexual&#8221; movement and &#8220;gay-related immune deficiency.&#8221; One district member even assailed Dan Savage&#8217;s It Gets Better campaign ...


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<li><a href='http://thecolu.mn/7174/anoka-hennepin-to-reevaluate-policy-that-singles-out-lgbt-issues' rel='bookmark' title='Anoka-Hennepin to reevaluate policy that singles out LGBT issues'>Anoka-Hennepin to reevaluate policy that singles out LGBT issues</a></li>
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		<title>News anchor, anti-abortion activist to be the &#8216;face&#8217; of anti-gay marriage amendment in Minnesota</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:41:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8212; and Kalley &#8212; have come under immediate scrutiny. The American Independent ...


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