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William Mitchell College of Law staff vote to oppose marriage amendment

By Andy Birkey, The Colu.mn

William Mitchell College of Law faculty voted on Wednesday to oppose a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage which will be on the ballot in November. In an email to faculty, staff and students, Eric Janus, Vice Dean of the school, the resolution was passed by a “substantial majority” of the faculty.MORE »

St. Louis Park City Council votes to oppose anti-gay marriage amendment

By Andy Birkey, The Colu.mn

St. Louis Park joined Minneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth on Monday when the city council voted in favor of a resolution against the anti-gay marriage amendment slated for the 2012 ballot. Every citizen speaking before the council supported the measure and every city council member voted in favor of it.

And they spoke eloquently about why the anti-gay marriage amendment is wrong.MORE »

Senate attempt to repeal anti-gay amendment fails

By Andy Birkey, The Colu.mn

An attempt to repeal an anti-gay marriage amendment failed in a Senate committee on Wednesday. Rep. Mary Jo McGuire of Falcon Heights (pictured, above) attempted to amend a proposed — and controversial — voter ID constitutional amendment with language that would repeal the anti-gay marriage amendment. The effort failed along party lines.MORE »

New poll shows anti-gay marriage amendment battle is tight

By Andy Birkey, The Colu.mn

A poll released by Public Policy Polling on Friday shows that both sides of the anti-gay marriage amendment are under 50 percent. 48 percent of voters said they support the amendment and 44 percent say they are opposed. The margin of error is 2.8 percent.MORE »

Legislators propose repeal of anti-gay marriage amendment

By Andy Birkey, The Colu.mn

DFL legislators in the Minnesota House introduced a bill during the legislative recess on Friday to repeal a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage from the 2012 ballot. The bill faces high hurdles as the Republicans still control the House.

Here’s text of the bill:

H.F. No. 1885, as introduced – 87th Legislative Session (2011-2012) Posted on Jan 13, 2012MORE »

Eden Prairie passes domestic partner ordinance, becomes 18th Minnesota city to do so

By Andy Birkey, The Colu.mn

The Eden Prairie City Council approved an ordinance creating a domestic partner registry on Tuesday night. The city becomes the 18th in Minnesota to offer a domestic partner registry and passed overwhelmingly, except for Council Member Brad Aho, the council’s endorsed Republican member, who spoke against the ordinance for nearly 10 minutes before casting the lone vote against it.MORE »

Jeff Wilfahrt files to run for Minnesota House

By Andy Birkey, The Colu.mn

Jeff Wilfahrt has been a strong voice against a proposed amendment to the Minnesota Constitution banning rights for same-sex couples, and he intends to bring that voice to the Minnesota Legislature in 2013. Last week, he filed to run in his district in Rosemount.

In a letter to friends and fellow advocated of LGBT equality, Wilfahrt explained his decision to run for office.MORE »

Conservative Christian parents fight for right to discriminate against LGBT students at Anoka Hennepin

By Andy Birkey, The Colu.mn

A slew of conservative Christian parents — and even an orthodox rabbi — implored the Anoka-Hennepin School District to purge schools of any mention of homosexuality and demanded that teachers teach about the “ex-homosexual” movement and “gay-related immune deficiency.” One district member even assailed Dan Savage’s It Gets Better campaign as vulgar and accused the popular columnist of teaching MORE »

News anchor, anti-abortion activist to be the 'face' of anti-gay marriage amendment in Minnesota

By Andy Birkey, The Colu.mn

Kalley King Yanta, a former KSTP anchor and anti-abortion 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 Kalley — have come under immediate scrutiny.MORE »

Eagan City Council passes domestic partner registry

By Andy Birkey, The Colu.mn

The Eagan City Council passed an ordinance creating a domestic partner registry for couples who cannot or wish not to marry. The ordinance includes same-sex couples. The city becomes the 17th city in Minnesota to pass such an ordinance.MORE »

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