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Odds and Ends: Catholic Money Edition

Andy Birkey — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:12:56 +0000

Here’s what you may have missed this week in LGBT: Anti-Gay Marriage Amendment The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis touted the $650,000 it gave to support the anti-gay marriage amendment, promising that none of it came from funds earmarked by parishioners. The Uptake notes that the Catholic Church is ... Related posts:

MN Family Council gave $350k to amendment backers, where did it come from?

Andy Birkey — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:19:43 +0000

According to documents filed with the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board, the Minnesota Family Council gave $346,994.05 to Minnesota for Marriage and the pro-amendment campaign in 2011 through its political fund, Minnesota Family Council Marriage Protection Fund, which it set up to pass an anti-gay marriage amendment. That’s ... Related posts:

MN GOP to bring in anti-gay Congressman for Lincoln Reagan Dinner

Andy Birkey — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:08:30 +0000

Florida Rep. Allen West will be the featured speaker at the Minnesota Republican Party’s Lincoln Reagan Dinner in March, according to a press release by the MN GOP. West has a history of inflammatory remarks about LGBT people including advocating that they change and that marriage equality is an “oxymoron.” ... Related posts:

Minnesotans United raises $1.2 million to fight amendment

admin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:42:19 +0000

Minnesotans United for All Families, the coalition of groups opposed to a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage reported over the weekend that they raised $1.2 million in 2011 to defeat the amendment. The majority of donations came from Minnesota. MPR reports: According to the documents, Minnesota Twins owner Jim Pohlad ... Related posts:

New poll shows anti-gay marriage amendment battle is tight

Andy Birkey — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:07:34 +0000

A poll released by Public Policy Polling on Friday shows that both sides of the anti-gay marriage amendment are under 50 percent. $8 percent of voters said they support the amendment and 44 percent say they are opposed. The margin of error is 2.8 percent. 8 percent said they weren’t ... Related posts:

Odds and ends: What’s happening in LGBT MN for the week of Jan. 27

admin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:23:57 +0000

Members of Minnesota’s Jewish community come out strong against the anti-gay marriage amendment, Anti-gay marriage amendment Bet Shalom Congregation is organizing to oppose the anti-gay marriage amendment: “This Sunday, from 2:00 -4:00 pm, Bet Shalom Congregation in Minnetonka will be holding an informative and engaging forum on the anti-family Minnesota ... Related posts:

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

Andy Birkey — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:33:29 +0000

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 ... Related posts:

Gay Mormons react to church efforts to pass anti-gay marriage amendment in Minnesota

admin — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:40:44 +0000

Affirmation, a group of LGBT Mormons, reacted strongly to the news that the Latter Day Saints were getting active in Minnesota. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints put out a letter to Minnesota’s Mormon temples last week, according to a Minnesota blogger. Affirmation asked the LDS to ... Related posts:

Jeff Wilfahrt files to run for Minnesota House

Andy Birkey — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:46:08 +0000

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 ... Related posts:

Odds and Ends on anti-gay marriage amendment

Andy Birkey — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:16:08 +0000

Here’s what’s happening around the state this week: Rep. Karen Clark says she introduced the bill to repeal the anti-gay marriage amendment because she’s heard from legislators who have had second thoughts about their vote for the amendment last spring. [Politics in Minnesota] Minnesotans United, the coalition opposing the amendment, ... Related posts: