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		<title>Groups plan to pack the courtroom for CeCe</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Birkey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Trans Youth Support Network says that a hearing has been scheduled in the case against CeCe McDonald, a transgender women accused of murder. Community groups say that McDonald is being unfairly prosecuted and are asking community members to turn out to support McDonald on Monday morning. Here&#8217;s the press ...


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		<title>Groups rally in support of CeCe McDonald</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:14:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday, the Trans Youth Support Network released a statement on the ongoing prosecution of Chrishaun &#8220;CeCe&#8221; McDonald, a transgender woman who was arrested earlier this year in the murder of a man who CeCe&#8217;s supporters say was behind an anti-trans, racially motivated attack. They are asking Hennepin County Attorney ...


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		<title>Weekend Preview Plus &#8211; Memorial Day Weekend 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 21:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Muffins: Memorial Day weekend is always full of interesting and fun opportunities.  This year is no exception.  I am featuring one item and one on the horizon item this week.  Why?  I am hoping you all have plenty of plans with family and friends already in the schedule.  If you ...


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		<title>Battling for the High Ground Over Marriage Rights</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 14:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Sanna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As national groups plan their battles over the proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage, each side is competing to be seen as most reasonable. At the same time, both risk alienating the public if the campaigns descend into inflammatory rhetoric. &#8220;I&#8217;m not looking forward to a year of discord ...


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		<title>Protesting For Equality A Father-Daughter Tradition</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 00:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Sanna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For St. Louis Park attorney Bill Starr and his daughter Becca, Saturday&#8217;s protest at the Capitol against a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage—which will be up for a statewide vote in 2012—isn&#8217;t the first protest they&#8217;ve been to together. In fact, it&#8217;s something of a father-daughter tradition. ...


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		<title>Generational Divide Shows Between Anti-Amendment Protesters at the Capitol</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 14:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Sanna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the better part of three days, chants reverberated throughout the State Capitol building, and any pair of ears that pushed through the front doors under that opulent marble dome overlooking downtown St. Paul ran smack into an incoherent porridge of voices. Climbing the stairs, the rhythmic mess of sound ...


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		<title>R. T. Speaks Out!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2011 20:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith Pederson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking for more images and video from recent LGBT events? Check out TheColu.mn&#8217;s Flickr Related posts:National Coming Out Day Bachmann speaks out against overturning Prop 8 In pictures: Gaylaxicon


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		<title>Minnesota newspapers harshly criticize anti-gay marriage amendment</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 22:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Newspapers around the state continue to criticize the Minnesota GOP&#8217;s decision to seek an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution barring same-sex marriage. Here&#8217;s a sampling: Winona Daily News editorial board: Thank the Republicans for making this a wedge issue when all eyes have been on the budget. It also allows ...


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		<title>House, Senate committees pass marriage amendment</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 13:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A bill that would amend the Minnesota Constitution to bar same-sex marriage passed to key committees. The Senate Judiciary and Public Safety Committee passed the bill on Friday, and the House Civil Law Committee passed it on Monday. In both cases, the bill passed with support of Republicans and opposition ...


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		<title>House introduces three more anti-gay marriage amendment bills</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 21:40:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[House Republicans introduced three more bills on Thursday that would amend the Minnesota Constitution to ban same-sex marriage. One was offered by 18 Republicans, including Rep. Steve Gottwalt, R-St. Cloud, liked the idea so much, he’s offered two additional identical bills of his own. HF1613 would ask the voters in ...


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