Why not? The state of Minnesota, like North Carolina, faces a marriage discrimination amendment at the polls in 2012. Minnesota Senate Majority Leader (er, former) Amy Koch (R, no surprise) had no trouble supporting legislation that would bar same-sex couples from civil marriage. It looks like she was “pulling a Newt” regarding own domestic legal [...]

Does NOM know the high-powered attorney and GOP bigwig was married to a gay man? It might explain a lot about her rabid homophobia. I was not surprised in the least that the anti-LGBT goons at the National Organization for Marriage would hook up with Tea party lawyer Cleta Mitchell to handle the gladhanding/influence peddling [...]

Earlier this month when Minnesota Archbishop John Nienstedt sent out a letter urging every Catholic church in the state to create ad-hoc committees that would work to pass a constitutional amendment against marriage equality, he caused a deserved uproar regarding the idea that a tax-exempt entity would take such an aggressive role in a political [...]

Minneosta Archbishop John Nienstedt The Catholic Church in Minnesota is continuing a dangerous precedent: Archbishop John Nienstedt sent a letter to every priest in the state at the start of October urging them to put every Catholic church in Minnesota to work passing a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. “It is imperative that we marshal [...]

Here we go again. The North Carolina Legislature has passed a bill to allow its citizens to vote on a state constitutional amendment against gay marriage. The majority of folks in NC are against this amendment but that is considered a minor detail by the organizations and people pushing it. They are always quick to [...]

If a poll at the Minnesota State Fair is a preview of things to come, then the National Organization for Marriage has a lot of work to do in its effort to completely ban marriage equality in the state. Even after a controversy which saw the NOM backed group, Minnesotans for Marriage (as long as [...]

"Dr." Marcus Bachmann has finally addressed the media firestorm surrounding his family counseling clinic's efforts to help people "Pray The Gay Away."

Speaking with Minnesota's Star Tribune about the recording that circulated over the last few weeks, Bachmann says it's a myth he ever called homosexuals "barbarians."

With the ongoing debate within the United Methodist Church (UMC) over its problematic “Position on Homosexuality“, and the recent news that an anti-equality marriage amendment will be on the ballot in Minnesota in 2012, Rev. Bruce Robbins decided to speak out.   Robbins is pastor of Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church in Minneapolis.  Hennepin belongs [...]