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Minnesota Catholics asked to donate money for anti-gay marriage TV ads
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota’s 400,000 Roman Catholic households are scheduled to receive a letter this week from all of the state’s bishops, urging them to donate money for television ads asking voters to say yes to a constitutional amendment to ban same sex marriage.
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Minnesota poll shows voters split on anti-gay marraige amendment
MINNEAPOLIS — A new poll commissioned by the Minneapolis Star-Tribune shows slightly more Minnesotans favor the ballot initiative for a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, but that support falls just short of the 50 percent needed to pass the measure.
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Poll: Minnesota voters split on proposed constitutional ban on same-sex marriage
Minnesota’s voters are evenly divided on their support of a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, according to the latest polling by North Carolina-based of Public Policy Polling.
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Anti-gay Michele Bachmann in danger of losing congressional seat
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — A recently conducted internal tracking poll for Democrats in Minnesota’s new 6th Congressional District shows that GOP incumbent Michele Bachmann could be in trouble.
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NFL’s Chris Kluwe to anti-gay lawmaker: ‘Holy fucking shitballs. Did you seriously just say that?’
Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe on Friday entered the controversy surrounding a Maryland lawmaker’s attempts to stifle Baltimore Ravens’ linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo’s support for marriage equality.
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Advocacy groups launch effort to support state marriage campaigns
A group of LGBT advocacy organizations on Thursday launched the “United for Marriage” campaign, a national effort to recruit volunteers for the state marriage campaigns.
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Retailer Room & Board says it opposes constitutional ban on gay marriage
Minneapolis-based furniture retailer Room & Board on Wednesday announced it has joined the Minnesotans United for All Families coalition in opposing Minnesota’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. “Room & Board is dedicated to helping customers create homes they love. We recognize that the joy found in one’s home extends far beyond our surroundings to the […]
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Is 2012 shaping up as the year of marriage equality?
The Republican National Convention gets down to business today in Tampa, Fla., where delegates are expected to overwhelmingly pass the Republican Party platform that is unequivocally against marriage for gay and lesbian couples. Despite that, could 2012 turn out to be the year of marriage equality?
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Minnesota state lawmaker drops re-election bid amid reports of gay sex hook-up with teen
DULUTH, Minn, — The Minnesota Democrat who had a sexual encounter with a 17-year-old boy at an Interstate rest-stop said he is dropping his bid for re-election, just hours after he said he would stay in the race.
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Dems tell lawmaker to quit re-election bid amid reports he had sex with 17-year-old boy
ST. PAUL, Minn. — A Democratic state representative from Duluth has been asked to abandon his re-election campaign following reports that he engaged in oral sex with a teenage boy at a highway rest stop.