About 100 people rallied in downtown Minneapolis over the weekend to protest a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage.
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Minneapolis-based Capella University, an online learning center, announced Friday that it officially opposes the proposed constitutional amendment that would effectively ban gay marriage in Minnesota. Capella officials say theirs is the first major higher education institution to stand against the amendment.
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.
Earlier this month, the Golden Valley-based company publicly opposed the constitutional amendment that would ban same sex marriage in Minnesota. WCCO reports people in favor of the measure -- that will be on the ballot in November -- plan to protest outside the General Mills headquarters Tuesday through Friday.
Some prominent GOPers are speaking out against a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage in Minnesota. Among them are Rep. John Kriesel of Cottage Grove and consultant Wheelock Whitney.
The top Minnesota-based executives with Thomson Reuters have come out against the proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage. The company joins two other prominent Minnesota companies, General Mills and St. Jude Medical, in opposing the amendment.
St. Paul-area Lutherans are expected to go on record this weekend against the proposed marriage amendment to the state Constitution that would define marriage as a union between a man and woman. Nearly 600 Lutherans, representing about 115 congregations in the St. Paul Area Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, are scheduled to vote Saturday in Burnsville.
A new survey from Public Policy Polling shows 49 percent of respondents reject the proposed amendment that would define marriage as only being between one man and one woman. The poll indicates 43 percent favor the amendment to ban same-sex marriage in Minnesota. Four months ago, a PPP survey showed 48 percent supported the amendment and 44 percent opposed it. Minnesota voters will decide in November.
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 ...