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As Minn. readies for gay marriage, watch the first gay wedding – from 42 years ago
At midnight on Thursday, August 1, when Minnesota becomes the 12th U.S. state where same-sex marriage is legal, at least one Minneapolis couple will not be saying their vows. They already did — 42 years ago.
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As more states legalize gay marriage, couples consider renewing vows
Maggie George and Rebecca Voelkel have married each other twice, first ceremonially in their Minneapolis church in 2006, then legally while visiting San Francisco five years ago. Now the couple is mulling whether to do it all again — or to simply sleep through it — when gay marriage becomes legal in Minnesota this week.
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Mall of America’s Chapel of Love to perform same-sex weddings
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — The Chapel of Love at the Mall of America will perform its first same-sex wedding the minute gay marriage becomes legal in Minnesota.
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President of prominent Minn. Catholic high school comes out as gay, resigns
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The president of a prominent Minnesota Catholic high school has resigned after he informed other school officials that he is in a same-sex relationship.
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Minneapolis mayor plans to officiate city’s first same-sex weddings
MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak plans to marry same-sex couples at City Hall the minute it becomes legal this summer, he said Thursday.
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Poll: Minnesotans still split on support for marriage equality
MINNEAPOLIS — Just weeks before a new law takes effect that will legalize same-sex marriage in Minnesota, voters are still almost evenly divided on the issue, according to a new poll.
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Minnesota begins issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples
MINNEAPOLIS — A couple for 11 years already, Jeff Isaacson and Al Giraud of Minneapolis were first in line Thursday morning to receive a Hennepin County marriage license under Minnesota’s new law allowing gay couples to wed.
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Hennepin revises marriage licenses as Minn. prepares for gay unions
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota’s largest county is getting ready to start taking applications for marriage licenses from same-sex couples.
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NFL MVP Adrian Peterson says he’s ‘not with’ gay marriage
MINNEAPOLIS — NFL MVP Adrian Peterson says he has family members who are gay whom he loves and respects. But on gay marriage, the Minnesota Vikings running back says “that’s not something I believe in.”
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Minn. group spent $2M lobbying for same-sex marriage
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The group that pushed Minnesota lawmakers to legalize gay marriage invested more than $2 million in its successful lobbying effort.