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January 4, 2013
Sen. Scott Dibble says Legislature can pass gay marriage without GOP votes
Sen. Scott Dibble hopes a few Republicans will come out in favor of legalizing gay marriage this year, but if they don't, he believes a bill can still pass. Dibble, DFL-Minneapolis, plans to introduce a marriage equality bill into the Senate this session, he says. There hasn't been an internal vot ... More >>
News
January 2, 2013
When will gay marriage be legal in Minnesota?
After 42 years, the same-sex marriage debate in Minnesota might finally come to a close
Blogs
December 21, 2012
Minnesotans United will push for gay marriage in 2013
After leading a successful campaign against a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage this fall, Minnesotans United for all Families will refocus its efforts on trying to legalize same-sex marriage in 2013, the group announced Thursday. Jake Loesch, spokesman for the campaign, says they are st ... More >>
Blogs
December 20, 2012
Sen. Marty and Rep. Hausman plan to introduce marriage equality bill early this session
In the wake of last month's defeat of the marriage amendment, DFL leaders seem less than enthusiastic about getting a marriage equality bill passed this session. Senate Majority Leader-elect Tom Bakk, for instance, says he wants his caucus to focus on economic issues, not divisive social ones, when ... More >>
Blogs
November 30, 2012
Majority Leader-elect Bakk: "Some real liberal constituencies" pushing marriage equality bill
In 1997, the Minnesota Legislature passed a law banning same-sex marriage. Repeal of that bill would be the first step toward legalizing same-sex marriage here in the Land of 10,000 Lakes.SEE ALSO: Marijuana legalization bill could come before DFL-controlled legislature this sessionMore than 4,000 h ... More >>
Blogs
November 9, 2012
R.T. Rybak wants gay marriage legalized ASAP; why might DFL drag its heels?
No doubt, Tuesday was a huge victory for supporters of same-sex marriage. But with the amendment defeated, Gov. Dayton signing legislation for at least a couple more years, and DFL majorities in the Senate and House, it makes you wonder -- what's stopping Democrats from passing a bill legalizing gay ... More >>
Blogs
November 8, 2012
Chris Kluwe on the election: 'It makes me proud to be part of this state'
Now that the election is finally over, we checked back with Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe, the subject of our October 24 cover story, "Game Changer," to get his thoughts on the results. In the weeks leading up to November 6, Kluwe became arguably the most interesting part of the battle over ... More >>
News
October 24, 2012
Chris Kluwe takes a stand
Vikings punter pries open the last closet in America: major league sports
Blogs
October 23, 2012
NYC's billionaire mayor pledges $125k against MN marriage amendment
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has vowed to donate $10 million of his personal fortune to political causes, including gay marriage ballot initiatives, around the country by election day. Yesterday, that pledge came to Minnesota.See Also:- Watch Chris Kluwe debate a chair streaming live tonigh ... More >>
Blogs
September 26, 2012
Music for Marriage Equality benefit at Dakota Jazz Club, 9/25/12
Music for Marriage Equality BenefitWith Jonatha Brooke, Chastity Brown, and Keri NobleDakota Jazz Club, MinneapolisTuesday, September 25, 2012One of the most memorable parts of Tuesday night's Music for Marriage Equality benefit concert wasn't even part of the set list. After the show ended, former ... More >>
Blogs
September 24, 2012
Rep. Mary Franson on homosexuality: 'I personally do not believe it is normal behavior' [VIDEO]
During a debate with her DFL challenger last Thursday, Rep. Mary Franson, R-Alexandria, tried to explain her opposition to gay marriage.SEE ALSO:-- Franson says election is about "jobs and the economy," spends all week talking about abortion and voter ID-- Mary Franson on DNC "God" debacle: "Peter d ... More >>
Blogs
September 12, 2012
UMD paying $4,000 for Loren Cameron's sexually explicit transgender photography show [PHOTOS]
SEE ALSO:-- UMD student demands gender-neutral bathrooms, goes on hunger strike, school caves-- University of Minnesota-Duluth suspends involvement with "divisive" Un-Fair Campaign [VIDEO]In a move that is "causing shock waves," the University of Minnesota-Duluth is paying $4,000 to host a display o ... More >>
Blogs
September 7, 2012
Chris Kluwe says politician is "literally an asshole" for anti-gay marriage stance
SEE ALSO:-- Chris Kluwe to Deadspin: The Vikings don't suck, you do-- Chris Kluwe coins "turdsloth" while defending Crossfit on Gawker-- Chris Kluwe blasts Saints for Bountygate scandal [Q&A]Same-sex marriage may be a polarizing issue both here in Minnesota and nationally, but Vikings punter and ... More >>
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September 6, 2012
MN for Marriage blatantly misinterprets parenting study in new anti-gay clip [VIDEO]
SEE ALSO:-- Minnesota for Marriage decries straight couple divorce in making anti-gay marriage case [VIDEO]-- MN for Marriage, anti-gay marriage group, says it 'continues to stand strong against intolerance'-- MN Marriage amendment: Majority support one man-one woman definition, says new survey In t ... More >>
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August 31, 2012
Catholics walk out of mass as anti-gay marriage letter from Archbishop Nienstedt is read
SEE ALSO:-- DeLeSalle student, during anti-gay school assembly, holds up sign: "I love my moms"-- Catholic school teacher forced to resign after disagreeing with church's gay marriage stance-- Twin Cities Archbishop: Same-sex marriage ban not debatableMinnesota's marriage amendment has caused a rift ... More >>
Blogs
August 7, 2012
The General Mills Cheerios-burning Flaming Homophobe is Michael Leisner, 65
SEE ALSO: General Mills protest: Homophobe megafails while trying to light Cheerios on fire [VIDEO]Some thought it might've been a hoax. Turns out it was the work of a homo-hating Christian nutjob.The Smoking Gun blog has identified the General Mills protesting, Cheerios-burning Flaming Homophobe as ... More >>
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July 31, 2012
Fargo Forum reverses course, decides to publish gay marriage notices after backlash
SEE ALSO:-- MN Marriage amendment: Majority support one man-one woman definition, says new survey-- Catholic school teacher forced to resign after disagreeing with church's gay marriage stance-- Marriage amendment means it's a great time to be in Minnesota's media businessThe Fargo Forum's managemen ... More >>
Blogs
June 27, 2012
Exodus International, anti-gay Christian group, distancing itself from ex-gay therapy
Exodus International, the county's best-known Christian ministry devoted to helping people suppress gay urges through the power of prayer, is distancing itself from the idea that a person's sexual orientation can be permanently changed or "cured."It's a significant shift for the 36-year-old group, w ... More >>
Blogs
June 21, 2012
Minnesotans United for All Families raised $3.1 million this year, MN for Marriage $588,000
Minnesota's leading anti-same sex marriage group is getting its ass whooped when it comes to fundraising.Campaign finance reports released this week show that Minnesotans United for All Families, a group formed solely to defeat the proposed same-sex marriage ban, raised $3.1 million since the beginn ... More >>
News
June 20, 2012
Archbishop John Nienstedt crusades against gay marriage
But increasingly, his flock of Minnesota Catholics isn't following
Blogs
June 15, 2012
MN for Marriage on General Mills' pro-GLBT stance: "Marriage doesn't matter to them"
Yesterday, in a blog post, Ken Charles, General Mills' VP of Global Diversity and Inclusion, came out strongly against Minnesota's proposed gay marriage ban.Not only would the bill make Minnesota "less inclusive," it would reduce General Mills' ability to "attract and retain talent," Charles wrote.J ... More >>
News
May 30, 2012
Gay bullying must end
In wake of suicides, schools face federal scrutiny
Blogs
May 23, 2012
Target tries to atone for anti-gay missteps with new pro-marriage equality promotion
In August 2010, news of Target's $150,000 donation to the anti-gay, pro-Tom Emmer Minnesota Forward organization created a shit-storm of bad PR. The company's handling of the controversy didn't help -- from CEO Gregg Stienhafel's non-apology apology, to reports that Target kept on giving to anti-gay ... More >>
Blogs
May 15, 2012
Support growing for gay marriage in Minnesota, new polling suggests
Mark Dayton dreams of Vikings stadiums and Minnesota becoming the first state to vote down a constitutional amendment against gay rights. This year, both dreams may be fulfilled.A new SurveyUSA poll suggests there is more support for gay marriage in Minnesota than there was four or six months ago. H ... More >>
Blogs
May 4, 2012
Bradlee Dean attacks Dan Savage for calling parts of the Bible "bullshit"
Bradlee Dean is on the offensive again, launching a vicious and inane attack on Dan Savage for being critical of the Bible. Savage spoke to high school students recently and talked about how it's possible to "ignore the bullshit" in the Bible about gay people "the same way we have learned to ignore ... More >>
Blogs
April 25, 2012
Senate rejects effort to block tax dollars from being used for ex-gay therapy
Here's a head-scratcher: Yesterday, Sen. Scott Dibble, D-Minneapolis, introduced an amendment that would've blocked tax dollars from being used to fund the type of controversial ex-gay therapy practiced at Marcus Bachmann's clinics.The motion failed after senators like David Hann, R-Eden Prairie, ra ... More >>
Blogs
April 9, 2012
President Obama comes out against Minnesota's proposed gay marriage ban
Today, President Obama made clear that he does not support a proposal that would enshrine a gay marriage ban in Minnesota's constitution.Kristen Sosanie, spokeswoman for Obama's Minnesota campaign, said today in a statement: "While the President does not weigh in on every single ballot measure in ev ... More >>
Blogs
April 5, 2012
Minnesota for Marriage decries straight couple divorce in making anti-gay marriage case [VIDEO]
In the latest Minnesota Marriage Minute video, host Kalley Yanta begins with the following observation, which she then supports by referencing a number of studies: "It is an accepted truth of human existence, really, that while death and divorce too often prevent it, children do best when they are r ... More >>
Blogs
March 14, 2012
Parents Action League listed as a hate group
The Southern Poverty Law Center recently released its annual "Hate Map" which identifies over 1,000 groups all over the U.S. that it considers to be hate groups.Debuting this year is the Champlain-based group Parents Action League, which testified at many Anoka-Hennepin school board meetings agai ... More >>
Blogs
February 2, 2012
Mitt Romney Glitter F-Bomb: Did he say "fuck," "faggot," or something else? [VIDEO]
YouTubeMitt Romney said a word beginning with "F," and he was angry.As you've no doubt heard, Mitt Romney got glitterbombed twice yesterday in Minnesota.The second glitter shower provoked genuine anger on Romney's face, and he appeared to utter a word starting with "F."Although the video is incon ... More >>
Blogs
January 24, 2012
Anoka-Hennepin school board unveils newest "neutrality policy" replacement
Less than a week after ditching the incredibly controversial "Controversial Topics Policy," the Anoka-Hennepin School Board took another crack at rewriting its "Sexual Orientation Curriculum Policy." Conservative Christian parents and LGBT rights advocates gathered once more to hear the language ... More >>
Blogs
January 19, 2012
Anoka-Hennepin school district ditches new "controversial topics" policy
After two contentious school board meetings, it appears the Anoka-Hennepin school board is backing away from a rewritten version of the so-called neutrality policy. The Sexual Orientation Curriculum Policy currently on the books was going to be renamed the "Controversial Topics Policy," which r ... More >>
Blogs
January 11, 2012
Jeff Wilfahrt, Cpl. Andrew Wilfahrt's father, running for House seat on anti-"marriage amendment" platform
Jeff Wilfahrt, the father of an openly gay soldier who was killed in Afghanistan a year ago next month, has announced he is running for a seat in the House of Representatives.In a fund-raising letter announcing his candidacy, Wilfahrt writes that he wants to represent Senate District 37B in order ... More >>
Blogs
January 10, 2012
Parent group demands ex-gay therapy training in Anoka-Hennepin schools
Gay rights advocates may not have liked the language of the "controversial topics policy" that may replace the Anoka-Hennepin school district's "neutrality policy," but at least there appeared to be movement on the issue. Now, conservative Christian parents are hoping to move things in just the ... More >>
News
December 28, 2011
Amy Koch gay apology
Sorry for ruining your marriage
Blogs
December 13, 2011
Anoka-Hennepin School Board holds contentious reading of revised "neutrality policy"
Janet Boynes speaks in support of keeping the "no homo promo."Last night's Anoka-Hennepin School Board meeting was the first time the public was able to react to the language replacing the district's controversial Sexual Orientation Curriculum Policy. The so-called "neutrality" policy's most stal ... More >>
Blogs
December 9, 2011
The most gay-friendly Twin Cities employers
The Human Rights Campaign assessed companies' GLBT-friendlinessThe Human Rights Campaign Foundation has released a study measuring hundreds of companies' friendliness to gay employees. If their survey is any indication, Minnesota companies tend to do well by their GLBT employees. Thirteen Mi ... More >>
Blogs
October 4, 2011
Michele Bachmann responds to Anoka-Hennepin suicides without addressing gay-bullying
It took a while, but Michele Bachmann has finally addressed the anti-gay bullying and suicides in her district. Uh, sort of. In response to a petition delivered to her St. Cloud office three weeks ago, the congresswoman sent an email to 6th district constituents who signed it. In it, she ackno ... More >>
Blogs
September 29, 2011
Even without gay marriage, Minnesota has 1,300 married gay couples
Next November, Minnesota will put on its most heterosexual clothing and head to the voting booths to finally vote down gay marriage in a state that already doesn't allow it.But! Oh no! Gay Minnesotans have found a loophole that is already devastating the sanctity of blah blah blah: Just dr ... More >>
Blogs
September 6, 2011
Gay marriage ban voted down at the State Fair
Minnesota State Fair fans are not afraid of gay marriage.There aren't many places more heterosexual than the Minnesota State Fair: Jean shorts and sandals with socks are worn without irony; everything is fried, put on-a-stick, and fried again; and young married couples walk around with whole broo ... More >>
Blogs
August 15, 2011
Meet Warren Blumenfeld, the man who confronted Marcus Bachmann [VIDEO]
Fred KargerMarcus Bachmann, and his confronter. Warren Blumenfeld was in his office at Iowa State University on Saturday, trying to prepare his syllabi for fall classes. But the noise from the Ames Straw Poll, which was taking place just a few blocks away, was distracting him. Blumenfeld decided ... More >>
Blogs
July 27, 2011
Bradlee Dean suing Andy Birkey of Minnesota Independent as well as Rachel Maddow
Photo by Nick Pinto, Village Voice.Sporting a Minnesota Twins t-shirt, Smith and his lawyer announced the lawsuit in New York this morning.Controversial pastor Bradley Dean Smith announced this morning that, in addition to MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, he is also suing Minnesota Independent writer An ... More >>
Blogs
July 25, 2011
Michele Bachmann's district sees rash of gay teen suicides
The controversial policy mirrors Bachmann's position on homosexuality in schoolsThe teenagers who have committed suicide in the school district Michele Bachmann represents have begun to haunt her campaign like activist ghosts.Bachmann's district includes the Anoka-Hennepin County School District, ... More >>
Blogs
July 20, 2011
Al Franken slams Focus on the Family head for lie about gay families[VIDEO]
C-SPANFranken knew Minnery was in trouble.Al Franken made Focus on the Family's Tim Minnery look like a fool during this morning's hearing on the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act. Not that Minnery needed much help.Minnery had claimed that studies proved opposite-sex parents had healthier, ha ... More >>
Blogs
July 20, 2011
Justice Dept. investigating Anoka-Hennepin schools for harassment of gay students
Justin Aaberg is one of four gay teen suicides in two years.The Department of Justice is investigating allegations of a hostile environment toward gay and lesbian students against the Anoka-Hennepin County school district.The DOJ, along with the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights, a ... More >>
Blogs
July 1, 2011
Minnesota gay marriage donors can't hide identities, judge rules
Gay marriage foes with fat wallets want to stay in the closet.Minnesota corporations can't make secret donations in favor of or against a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board ruled Thursday. Target, you've been warned. The ... More >>
Blogs
June 27, 2011
Chrishaun McDonald says transgender status means unfair murder trial ahead
Chrishaun McDonald, charged with stabbing David Schmitz to death earlier this month outside The Schooner Tavern in South Minneapolis, is claiming that her status as transgender jeopardizes her ability to receive a fair trial. McDonald is also claiming self defense.
News
June 15, 2011
Queer in the Twin Cities
Eight important local LGBT leaders
Blogs
June 15, 2011
Basilica Block Party boycotted over Church's gay marriage opposition
Steve CohenThe block party gets sucked into the marriage debate.We've got more than 16 months to go before Minnesotans vote on whether to make gay marriage unconstitutional. But the battle lines are already being drawn, and they're showing up in some surprising places. Like this year's Basi ... More >>
Blogs
June 9, 2011
Target now neutral on gay marriage
Target's Steinhafel is a serious contortionist.Target is still struggling to get the optics right on gay rights. To recap: It sponsors Twin Cities Pride in 2010, but then it backs an anti-gay marriage candidate for Minnesota governor. There's outrage, the dust settles, and now Target is back ... More >>
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