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Minnesota pastor could lose church over support for marriage equality
ST. PAUL, Minn. — A Minnesota pastor is at risk of losing his church after most of his congregation abandoned him because he voiced his support for same-sex marriage.
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Gay teen jumps to his death; family says bullying was a factor
ROCHESTER, Minn. — An openly gay teen in Rochester, Minn., took his own life on Sunday, and according to the boy’s father, anti-gay bullying played a “a big part” in his son’s suicide.
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Transgender woman pleads guilty to lesser charge in murder case
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — A transgender woman has pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter in the killing of a man who witnesses claimed incited the attack using racist and transphobic slurs.
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Obama ‘does not support’ Minnesota’s anti-gay marriage amendment
President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign on Monday issued a statement that said the President “does not support” a proposed amendment to the Minnesota state constitution that would ban same-sex marriage.
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Minnesota’s Anoka-Hennepin school district settles bullying lawsuits
COON RAPIDS, Minn. — The Anoka-Hennepin School District on Monday night voted to accept a settlement agreement with six former and current district students who had filed two lawsuits over a policy requiring staff to remain neutral on topics related to sexual orientation.
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Father of gay soldier killed in Afghanistan campaigns for Minnesota legislature
Jeff Wilfahrt is an unassuming man who has more than served his citizenry. He testified before the Minnesota state legislature against passing a constitutional amendment defining marriage as “between a man and a woman only,” supported the repeal of “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.” and lost his son in an American war.
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Anoka-Hennepin official now acknowledges bullying as a ‘factor’ in teen suicides
COON RAPIDS, Minn. — Just weeks after denouncing a Rolling Stone article on bullying and teen suicide as a “brutal and distorted attack,” the Superintendent of the Anoka-Hennepin School District in suburban Minneapolis now says “there can be no doubt that in many situations bullying is one of the contributing factors” to suicide.
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Minnesota school district changes ‘neutral’ policy on sexual orientation
COON RAPIDS, Minn. — The Anoka-Hennepin school board, which oversees the state’s largest school district, has adopted a new policy that replaces a policy that required teachers to stay neutral in matters relating to sexual orientation — a policy critics called a “gag rule” that constrained teachers from dealing with harassment and bullying of LGBT students.
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School official condemns Rolling Stone article on bullying, teen suicide
MINNEAPOLIS — Anoka-Hennepin School District Superintendent Dennis Carlson has angrily denounced an article published last week by Rolling Stone, in which the magazine highlighted the rash of teen suicides that occurred within the school district over the past three years, and the links some of those deaths had to anti-gay bullying.
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Santorum sweeps GOP contests in Minnesota, Missouri, Colorado
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum showed his campaign still has life by sweeping Tuesday’s GOP contests in Minnesota, Missouri and Colorado.