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Westboro Baptist claims it’s coming to protest Owatonna churches, Super Bowl
The virulently anti-LGBTQ Kansas church, Westboro Baptist Church, is threatening to come to Minnesota this weekend to protest four churches and a high school in Owatonna and to protest the Super Bowl in Minneapolis. The group often lobs threats of protest at communities then fails to show up. The group says it will protest in […]
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Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis ramps up anti-transgender activity in 2017
On Monday, December 11, the Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity at the University of St. Thomas will host an anti-transgender symposium for aspiring priests and laypeople. The symposium is part of a larger anti-transgender push within the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis that has been building over the course of 2017. The December […]
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Religious right lawsuit targeting MN nondiscrimination laws dismissed by federal court
Last winter, a St. Cloud couple sued the state of Minnesota in an attempt to overturn the Minnesota Human Rights Act. Passed in 1993, the Minnesota Human Rights Act bars discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. On Wednesday, a federal judge dismissed that lawsuit. In December, Carl and Angel Larsen who own Telescope […]
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MN conservative Christians want transgender people to “ask them first” before using the bathroom
Minnesotans are the face of a new campaign by a national network of anti-LGBTQ organizations. The campaign, #askmefirst, features Christians imploring schools, businesses, and “transgender activists” to ask them for permission before allowing transgender people to use the bathroom. A video released with the campaign’s launch last week features Emily and Jamie. The video doesn’t […]
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Religious Right sues small northern MN school for being transgender inclusive
The Alliance Defending Freedom is suing Virginia Minnesota Public Schools (Independent School District Number 706) in federal court alleging a privacy violation after the school allowed a transgender young woman to use bathrooms and changing facilities. The conservative Christian legal organization is representing 10 families in the suit, filed on Wednesday, who call themselves “Privacy […]
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Family Council, Catholic Church: State Fair-goers should support GOP poll on banning on transgender people using the bathroom
The Minnesota Catholic Conference and the Minnesota Family Council are urging their supporters to head to the Minnesota State Fair to take a poll developed by the Minnesota House of Representatives that asks if transgender people should be banned from using public bathrooms. In an “action alert” email on Thursday, the Minnesota Catholic Conference which […]
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MN Child Protection League is giving away its anti-LGBTQ DVD just in time for back to school
The Minnesota Child Protection League, an anti-LGBTQ group, spent the spring bringing an anti-transgender speech to communities that were considering gender-inclusive school policies. They’ve made a video of that presentation and as of Thursday are offering it on their website for free as a “back to school” special. In the presentation video, called “Gender Fluidity […]
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Upcoming conference will teach Minnesota’s conservative Christians how to convert LGBTQ youth
An upcoming conference by ex-gay group Outpost Ministries and Transform Minnesota, a regional network of evangelical churches, will teach youth pastors, youth leaders, and parents about how to connect LGBTQ youth to counseling and religious resources that attempt to change sexual orientation and gender identity. Titled, “Distinctions for Youth,” the conference is hosted by Nate […]
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Rep. Heintzeman believes God protected his heart from carrying Explore Minnesota tourism bill because of gays
Content provided by Bluestem Prairie and republished with permission. For more in-depth news from Greater Minnesota, check out Bluestemprairie.com. Tourism may be a big industry in the Brainerd Lakes area, but Rep. Josh Heintzeman, R-Nisswa, refused to carry the Explore Minnesota tourism bill when asked to do so by Republican House leadership, the conservative state […]
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Marcus Bachmann says he’s been ‘discriminated against’ by gays who might be gay because of porn
Marcus Bachmann, husband to former Congresswoman Michele Bachmann and proprietor of several Christian counseling clinics, appeared on religious right radio recently to talk about what he perceives as unfair treatment from the LGBTQ community. In the hour long interview with AM 980 KKMS host Paul Ridgeway, Bachmann gave his defense of his clinics’ handling of […]