A dozen groups fighting against marriage equality are touting a controversial study about gay and lesbian parenting that was funded by two conservative organizations. More…
After a failed attempt at the Republican nomination for president of the United States, Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann has returned to one of her signature causes: banning marriage equality for same-sex couples. On the radio show of Pastor Brad Brandon, Bachmann expressed satisfaction that a cause she once championed — More…
Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) lent his likeness to a new video series launched by the Human Rights Campaign called “Americans for Marriage Equality.” Franken is the first member of Congress to appear in a video for the campaign, which supports equal rights for same-sex couples, even as legislators in his home state have put a constitutional measure banning marriage equality on the 2012 ballot. The video was released on Thursday.
A panel of Minnesota judges on Monday ruled that at least part of a lawsuit over marriage rights for same-sex couples could go forward because a district court erred when it dismissed the case last year. Three couples sued for the right to marry in 2010 after they were denied More…
Campaign ethics advocate Common Cause Minnesota released a report on Wednesday outlining the connections the corporate-backed American Legislation Exchange Council has to Minnesota’s legislators. According to the report, titled “Legislating Under the Influence: How Corporations Write State Laws in Minnesota More…,” Minnesota has 30 members affiliated with ALEC — all
Twice as many anti-abortion-rights state laws were passed in 2011 than in 2010, according to a new report by NARAL Pro-Choice America, the nation’s largest abortion-rights policy group. Even more legislation is expected in 2012, NARAL policy experts said during a Thursday press briefing on the 21st edition of “Who More…
Kalley King Yanta, a former anchor for a Minneapolis-based television station and an anti-abortion-rights activist, has joined the Minnesota for Marriage group to anchor videos intended to convince Minnesotans to vote for the anti-gay-marriage amendment on the ballot in 2012. The videos — and Yanta — have come under immediate scrutiny.
“There ought not be open dissension on this issue,” is the message the Catholic hierarchy is telling priests in Minnesota — “this issue” being same-sex marriage. More…
