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		<title>Poll: Minnesota&#8217;s anti-gay marriage amendment struggling</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:12:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If the vote on the marriage amendment were held today, it would narrowly fail according to a poll by SurveyUSA on behalf of KSTP. 47 percent plan to vote for the amendment, 39 percent would vote against it and 10 percent would skip the question which is effectively a &#8220;no&#8221; ...


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		<title>Odds and Ends: Catholic Money Edition</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:12:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Birkey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;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 ...


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<li><a href='http://thecolu.mn/7182/tom-emmer-to-run-minnesota-operations-for-ralph-reeds-anti-gay-org' rel='bookmark' title='Tom Emmer to run Minnesota operations for Ralph Reed&#8217;s anti-gay org'>Tom Emmer to run Minnesota operations for Ralph Reed&#8217;s anti-gay org</a></li>
<li><a href='http://thecolu.mn/7499/odds-and-ends-whats-happening-in-lgbt-mn-for-the-week-of-jan-27' rel='bookmark' title='Odds and ends: What&#8217;s happening in LGBT MN for the week of Jan. 27'>Odds and ends: What&#8217;s happening in LGBT MN for the week of Jan. 27</a></li>
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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/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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		<title>New poll shows anti-gay marriage amendment battle is tight</title>
		<link>http://thecolu.mn/7511/new-poll-shows-anti-gay-marriage-amendment-battle-is-tight</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:07:34 +0000</pubDate>
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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>
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		<title>Odds and ends: What&#8217;s happening in LGBT MN for the week of Jan. 27</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:23:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Members of Minnesota&#8217;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: &#8220;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 ...


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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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		<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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		<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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