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Billionaire donates $325K to fight Minnesota same-sex marriage ban
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Jon Stryker, chairman of the Arcus Foundation, which supports groups advancing LGBTQ human rights and social justice, has donated $325,000 to assist in the campaign to oppose a proposed constitutional ban on same-sex marriage in Minnesota.
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HRC infuses $1 million additional funds to fight marriage referendums in four states
WASHINGTON — The Human Rights Campaign on Monday announced a further $1 million cash infusion adding to earlier funding and significant on-the-ground work in the four states facing marriage-related ballot measures in November – Maine, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington.
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Target promotes wedding registry for same-sex couples
MINNEAPOLIS — Just weeks after it announced it was selling greeting cards nationwide to celebrate same-sex unions, Target stores is now inviting gay and lesbian couples to set up wedding registries in their stores.
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Thomson Reuters says Minnesota anti-gay amendment is bad for business
MINNEAPOLIS -– Media giant Thomson Reuters on Friday said that a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage in Minnesota would be bad for business.
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General Mills gets outpouring of support for marriage equality stance
WASHINGTON – A petition in support of Minnesota-based Fortune 500 Company General Mills by the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBT civil rights organization, has received nearly five times more signatures than an anti-equality petition launched by the National Organization for Marriage (NOM).
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MSP Archbishop John Nienstedt crusades against gay marriage
Minnesota’s “City Pages” takes a closer look at Minneapolis-St. Paul Archbishop John Nienstedt and his crusade against gay marriage — but increasingly, his flock of Minnesota Catholics isn’t following.
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Gay marriage foe switches sides, another DOMA suit, positive polling
One of the star witness who testified in favor of Prop 8 has switched sides, joining the majority of Americans who support the freedom to marry. Also this week, there’s yet another DOMA lawsuit, more encouraging surveys in battleground states, and new ads Minnesota.
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NOM livid over General Mills’ opposition to Minnesota marriage amendment
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — Food giant General Mills this week took a stand against a proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage in Minnesota.
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Judge bans Wisconsin man from distributing Bibles inside Twin Cities pride festival
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — A federal judge ruled this week that an anti-gay activist could not distribute Bibles at Twin Cities Pride this month.
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Catholic school teacher asked to resign over views on same-sex marriage
MOORHEAD, Minn. — A elementary school teacher at a Catholic school in Moorhead, Minn., said Friday that she was asked not to return for the fall semester because she had questioned the Catholic Church’s position on same-sex marriage.