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Minnesota Archbishop denies Communion to gay, lesbian students
About 25 students from St. John’s University and the College of St. Benedict say they were turned away from communion because they were wearing rainbow buttons that indication membership in, or solidarity with a gay and lesbian student group. Archbishop John Nienstedt of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, led a student […]
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HRC penalizes Target, Best Buy in latest Corporate Equality Index rating
Retailers Target and Best Buy, along with 3M Corporation, all based in Minnesota, have been stripped of their perfect scores in the Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) 2011 Corporate Equality Index. Now in its ninth year, the HRC assesses more than 30 specific policies and practices covering nearly every aspect of employment for LGBT workers from […]
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MN Archdiocese sending anti-gay marriage DVD to 800,000 parishioners
Archbishop John Nienstedt of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, announced Monday that every Catholic in the state will be mailed a DVD defending marriage as between one man and one woman. It’s the latest effort to “rally the troops” around the Church’s position on the same-sex marriage just six weeks before […]
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HRC pledges donation to offset Target support of anti-gay candidate
The HRC pledged Friday to donate $150,000 to political causes in Minnesota to offset a donation by retail giant Target to MN Forward, a political group backing GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer.
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Target, Best Buy feel investor backlash over political donation
After weeks of public protest over its financial support of an organization that backed a GOP gubernatorial candidate opposed to gay rights, Target Corp. now faces a new form of pressure: shareholder demands that it revamp its donation process to avoid the chance of additional backfires.
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Target rejects HRC call for ‘make it right’ donation to gay causes
Target Corp. said Monday it has no plans to donate money to gay-friendly causes to quiet the protests over a $150,000 donation that helped support a Minnesota governor candidate who opposes gay marriage.
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LGBT groups turn up heat on Target; but is Best Buy getting off too easy?
While the standoff between LGBT groups and Target stores heats up over a $150,000 political donation that helped fund an anti-gay candidate for Minnesota governor, Best Buy, who donated $100,000 to the same fund, has quietly escaped much of the protests and headlines.
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‘Target’ political donation helps fund anti-gay candidate for Governor
Target Corporation has come under fire from gay rights advocates and LGBT activists for contributing to Minnesota Forward, a political action group that has come out in support of anti-gay gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer.
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Judge OKs anti-gay evangelist to distribute bibles at Minnesota pride event
Anti-gay evangelist Brian Johnson roamed a Minneapolis park passing out bibles during Saturday’s Twin Cities Pride Festival after a federal judge ruled Friday that organizers could not ban him from the event to express his views against homosexuality.