Gay marriage debate expands across state
Both sides are ramping up their efforts and say they're finding more and more support for their positions as the vote on a Constitutional amendment approaches.
Both sides are ramping up their efforts and say they're finding more and more support for their positions as the vote on a Constitutional amendment approaches.
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The special interests behind both sides of the gay marriage debate are raising millions of dollars as they ramp up for what's shaping up to be a close fight. But while a recent survey shows a nearly 50-50 split in support for the amendment, a peculiarity in Minnesota's voting laws means it could take much more than that to pass it.
St. Paul-area Lutherans assembling in Burnsville, and separately, Gov. Mark Dayton and other activists holding "house parties" around the state, demonstrated their opposition to an amendment to the state Constitution that would define marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
Obama's Minnesota campaign team on Monday said the president opposes a constitutional amendment that would limit marriage to opposite-sex couples. "While the President does not weigh in on every single ballot measure in every state, the record is clear that the President has long opposed divisive and discriminatory efforts to deny rights and benefits to same sex couples," a spokeswoman said.
WCCO reports nearly 1,000 representatives of the Lutheran church will vote in an assembly Friday on whether to officially oppose a constitutional amendment to limit marriage to opposite-sex couples.
This fall, Minnesota voters will also decide whether the state's constitution should be amended to formally define marriage between one man and one woman. Tuesday, North Carolinians voted in favor of an amendment that bans same-sex marriage and civil unions. CNN has reaction from both sides ...
The latest: a national group working to ban gay marriage has asked Minnesota's largest corporations to remain neutral on the issue. Meanwhile, the debate is dividing the state's clergy, and Rep. Keith Ellison makes his prediction on the marriage amendment.
Members voted unanimously Friday against the proposed constitutional amendment. WCCO reports Mayor R.T. Rybak will sign the measure that urges Minnesotans to vote against the amendment in November. Minneapolis was the first city in the state to approve a domestic partnership registry.
Discussions about same-sex marriage have been playing out in faith communities for years, and the debate has grown louder in Minnesota as a vote looms on a constitutional amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman. Catholics and evangelical churches strongly support it. On Thursday, more than 100 religious leaders who oppose it will hold a faith summit in Minneapolis.
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