Marriage – 1895, when wives were still chattel

June 26, 2015

Musings on the Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage

by Jeff Wilfahrt
priest and minister

Is Marriage Equality a legal, moral or religious issue?

May 12, 2013

Right before the Minnesota House vote on May 9th on Marriage Equality, I found two clergy members with opposing views in the Capitol rotunda. Large crowds came to urge lawmakers on either side of the aisle to vote both for and against the bill. The bill passed 75 to 59 by the DFL-controlled House. Four Republicans crossed […]

by Craig Stellmacher
Marriage Equality passes in the house

Marriage Equality passes in the House

May 9, 2013

Minneapolis Mayor RT Rybak, Rep. Ryan Winkler, Sen. John Marty, Former Speaker Margret Anderson Kelliher, Rep. John Persell and Vic Rosenthal talk about the Minnesota House of Representative’s vote to legalize gay marriage in Minnesota.

by Craig Stellmacher
Paul Thissen speaks at microphone

Gay Marriage Prognosticating, House Edition

May 7, 2013

On Thursday the Minnesota House is expected to vote on HF 1054, the Gay Marriage bill. According to Tom Bakk, the Senate will follow shortly after: House DFL leaders plan to bring a bill to legalize gay marriage to the full floor on Thursday, expressing confidence that they have secured votes to pass the proposal […]

by Tony Petrangelo
Marriage Equality Rally

Marriage Equality hearings from the Capitol

March 13, 2013

Archived footage from Tuesday, March 12th

by Steve Timmer
Marriage Equality Rally

Valentine’s Day is for marriage equality

February 15, 2013

Will it happen in 2013?

by Aaron Klemz
Paul Thissen speaks at microphone

Marriage Equality in 2013: The In-between Representatives

December 11, 2012

[Updated: The original version of this post contained erroneous information about Representative-elect Roger Erickson’s voting record. As an incoming representative, he has no voting record on the amendment in question.] I started this series of posts, this post being the third in a series, with a post that introduced the series and discussed its purpose. Generally that’s what you do with […]

by Tony Petrangelo
Tom Bakk

Marriage Equality in 2013: The In-between Senators

December 3, 2012

In the post The electoral implications of Marriage equality, I wrote the following: Let’s assume that DFLers representing districts that voted against the amendment will likely vote for Marriage equality. And let’s also assume that Republicans representing districts that voted for the amendment will likely vote against equality. If we assume these two things, than […]

by Tony Petrangelo
MNUnited Victory Party

Marriage Equality in 2013: The Overview

November 26, 2012

The beginning of a series looking at the chances for Marriage equality in this session

by Tony Petrangelo
MNUnited Victory Party

Marriage Equality for Minnesota Now!

November 12, 2012

Sign the petition and tell the Governor and Legislature

by Aaron Klemz
Another Catholic Voting NO

Did the Marriage amendment deliver the suburbs to the DFL?

November 9, 2012

With the DFL winning back both chambers of the Minnesota Legislature, due largely to their strength in the suburbs, the question has been asked (and was being asked before the election too), did the Marriage amendment help to deliver the suburbs to the DFL? I’m going to explore that idea a bit in this post, […]

by Tony Petrangelo

Marriage amendment results

November 6, 2012

Results Pages Results Home | President | US Senate | Marriage | Voter ID | MN Senate | MN House | 8th District The map below shows the results of the Marriage amendment, by county. The larger the bubble, the more voters cast ballots in that county. The more red a bubble, the more it […]

by Tony Petrangelo