Jeff Z

Election Day is six months away tomorrow, which means I’m halfway to achieving What Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time last summer: posting one reason a day for rejecting the Minnesota Marriage Amendment.

My father served in the U.S. Army in the South Pacific. After the war he came home and married dear old Mom. After that, as Steve Goodman sang, he became my old man.

I'm all for hearing the other side of the marriage debate to get a better feel for why supporters are inclined to oppose marriage equality.

My buddy Bruce linked me yesterday to author Ann Bauer's lengthy post about her disappointment (okay, shame and anger) upon returning from Washington State to live once again in Minnesota--only to find out the state that's voting on a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage is not the Minnesota she used