GOP Billionaires lobby for equality
We first became aware of American Unity PAC when a handful of Wall Street financiers who support Republican candidates decided that it was time that marriage equality came to New York State. And it was...
View ArticleMinnesota lawmaker chooses integrity
From CBS Minnesota: A freshman Democratic state representative from a socially conservative district said Friday that he’d support the bill to legalize gay marriage in Minnesota, a key pickup for...
View ArticleMovement in Minnesota’s marriage bill
There’s movement today on the Minnesota marriage bill, but it may be movement sideways. The StarTribune is reporting an impromptu committee hearing: The House Ways and Means Committee is scheduled to...
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Minnesota DFL representative Rev. Tim Faust cites religious freedom for his...
Rev. Tim Faust is the pastor of Zion Lutheran Church in rural Minnesota. Faust is also the local representative to the Minnesota House. And he’s been one of the DFL (Democratic) reps from a...
View ArticleMinnesota House vote on marriage this Thursday
From the Pioneer Press A bill that would legalize gay marriage will get a vote on the Minnesota House floor Thursday, signaling supporters have the votes to pass the legislation. As House Speaker Paul...
View ArticleWill Minnesota Be Number Twelve?
It’s suddenly looking that way. The Minnesota House has called for a vote on a marriage equality bill for tomorow: House Speaker Paul Thissen, DFL-Minneapolis, said he believes the 73-member DFL...
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Minnesota House Approves Marriage Equality
Opponents and supporters of marriage equality rally outside the House chamber. (Glen Stubbe/Star-Tribune) Following three hours of debate, the Minnesota House of Representatives passed HF1054, a bill...
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Minnesota Says “Yah, Sure! You Betcha!”
In anticipation of today’s Senate vote, St. Paul Mayor Chris Colman temporarily renamed the Wabash Street Bridge “Freedom to Marry Bridge” for this week, and ordered it decorated with Rainbow flags....
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It’s Official! Minnesota Is An Equality State!
Fireworks over Minneapolis You remember how every time a new state or country completed the process of granting marriage equality for same-sex couples, we’d post a picture of fireworks. But in the past...
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Ex-Gay Leader Sentenced For Criminal Sexual Assault of Male Clients
Longtime pastor Ryan Jay Muehlhauser of Cambridge, Minnesota was charged last November with eight counts of felony, fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct in case involving two adult males who came to...
View ArticleChurches in Minnesota get ready for same-sex marriages
The concept of conducting a same-sex marriage may not seem to be tough; you just do what you would do with an opposite-sex couple. But in practice, there are some differences that require pastors to...
View ArticleNOM Threatens To Demonstrate Its Own Irrelevance
The National Organization for Marriage has resonded to the arrival of marriage equality in Rhode Island and Minnesota today with another promise to retaliate against state lawmakers and roll back the...
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