So you support the Minnesota Marriage Amendment
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A pretty good conversation between an advocate for and an opponent of the Minnesota Marriage Amendment.
With thanks to my son Isaac and the Wilde Roast Cafe in Minneapolis.
Welcome, 2012: We’ll need 310 more reasons to oppose the marriage amendment
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Happy New Year, Minnesota–55 reasons down, 310 to go.
I’m not sure how Minnesotans will vote in November on the marriage amendment.
I do know that if I had $10,000 chump change like Mitt Romney has, I’d bet it all that things will turn from nasty to ugly as the campaign in support of the amendment heats up this summer.
‘I wish every Minnesotan could spend one day with a family like ours’
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A few nights ago I attended a Reconstructionist Jewish slash ecumenical religious service in south Minneapolis. The theme for the evening was human rights—more specifically, same-sex marriage and the Minnesota Marriage Amendment.
A conservative U of M law professor’s constitutional change litmus test: Not this time
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As I mentioned last week, I stepped outside my comfort zone last week by attending a Happy Hour discussion focused on the Minnesota Marriage Amendment, sponsored by the Young Republicans of Minnesota, and held at Shamrock’s Grill and Pub in St. Paul.
My ninth-grade civics teacher warned us about amendments like this one
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Today marks one month of pretty good reasons to oppose the Minnesota Marriage Amendment.
Admittedly, a few of the posts so far have been more reason-ish rather than actual reasons. The tags in the right column offer a pretty good summary of the themes that have surfaced. (Cut me a break: In real life I teach college composition.)
365 Pretty Good Reasons
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Jeff Zuckerman, a local teacher and editor, established 365 Pretty Good Reasons to offer Minnesotans one reason a day over the next year why the Minnesota Marriage Amendment should be rejected. He says the blog is a “rant-free zone,” but he welcomes guest posts, stories, and videos, and encourages reasonable counter-arguments. You can contact him at 365PrettyGoodReasons@gmail.com.