Lady Gaga reminds citizens in all four states you can make your voice heard on the issue of marriage equality.
Go to TheFour2012.com for information for your state.
Minnesota anti-gay marriage amendment is close in polls
A new poll on Minnesota’s Amendment 1, a measure that would write marriage discrimination into the state’s constitution, shows that the race is still extremely close.
The Minnesota Star Tribune reports that 47% of registered voters oppose the amendment, an unchanged number, while 48% of voters support amending the constitution to define marriage as one man, one woman. That’s down one point from the previous polls. Five percent of people remain undecided, the paper says. Over 50% is needed one way or the other, and skipping the question qualifies as “no”.
Not surprisingly, most of the people who oppose the amendment know someone who is LGBT: 54% of people who are voting no know someone who is gay or lesbian. Surprisingly, 40% of those who say they want to enshrine discrimination know someone who is gay or lesbian. Those are Michele Bachmann’s people.
Minnesotans United for All Families, a group trying to stop the unnecessary and hateful amendment, remain hopeful that Minnesotans will see the amendment for what it is.
“When Minnesotans go to the polls, they’ll measure this amendment against their values of freedom and treating others as you would want to be treated,” said the group’s campaign manager, Richard Carlbom. “This amendment just doesn’t stack up to our values as Minnesotans.”
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Chris Kluwe’s “lustful c*ckmonster” phrase now a radio spot for marriage equality in Minnesota
This is FABULOUS! If you don’t know the backstory, I wrote about this on The Randy Report here.
(Don’t worry – the ‘word’ is bleeped out…)
Could Chris Kluwe get any cooler?
Minnesota Vikings’ Chris Kluwe for marriage equality
Minnesota Vikings’ Chris Kluwe on the hurtful, freedom-limiting marriage amendment currently on the ballot in Minnesota:
“It’s not the government’s job to tell us what to do. That’s not what America stands for. At the end of the day, this is an issue about freedom… and treating other people the way that you would like to be treated.”
Pledge to Vote NO at www.mnunited.org
Follow the campaign at www.facebook.com/mn4allfamilies
TheFour announce “$25 for 25 Days” fundraiser for marriage equality
With 25 days left to the election, The Four 2012 is revving into high gear with their one-day Moneybomb for Equality campaign.
Followers are being urged to donate $25 or more to the state marriage campaigns of Maine, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington with one click from this Act Blue page.
Donations of $25 can be split among all four states, or you can give $25 to each.
All money raised goes directly to Mainers United for Marriage, Marylanders for Marriage Equality, Minnesotans United for All Families and Washington United for Marriage.
Click here to donate.
Latest poll standings for the 4 states with marriage equality on ballot
Chris Kluwe addresses the “think of the children” argument against marriage equality
The fantastic Mr. Chris Kluwe of the Minnesota Vikings has posted a new essay addressing a recent article by Riley Balling in the StarTribune.com in their Commentaries section.
The crux of Mr. Riley’s support for banning marriage equality rights is “For many of us who favor traditional marriage, marriage is about raising children in a healthy environment. Thus, any change to the definition of marriage affects our marriage.”
Chris Kluwe artfully takes down this argument. Here’s just an excerpt:
Which version of “traditional marriage” would you like to use Mr. Balling? Should we go back to ancient Israel and practice polygamy, with a woman’s only right that to own her own tent? Or should we use the ancient Greek definition of marriage, one more concerned with inheritance than love or procreation, one that would force a woman to divorce her current husband and marry a sibling if that was required to continue the family? Should we force a brother to marry his dead sibling’s wife? Or perhaps we should make arranged marriages with child brides, that’s certainly traditional enough. Wait, I know, let’s go with the one where you have to pay three goats and a cow in order to ensure the woman is yours to keep forever, and you can stone her to death if she cheats on you. That one sounds terrific!
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Frankly, sir, your blatant attempt to sway people by using the “OH MAH GAWD THINK OF THE CHILDREN” argument is tiresome, bothersome, and insulting to anyone who cares to take the slightest interest in pulling aside your curtain of self satisfied drivel to expose the ugliness underneath. Furthermore, you never made any sort of logical attempt to explain how same-sex marriage affects your marriage in any concrete way, instead offering up vague generalizations with no proof. When it comes to “the children”, I can assure you that I *am* thinking of my children, and not just my children, but all the children they will come in contact with, and all the adults they will someday be; and it is my sincerest wish as a parent that I can raise them to be tolerant, to respect the free will of others, and above all, to see beneath the smug bigotry and oppression of those who would enslave the world to satisfy their own ugly lust for control. If you have any children, it is my hope that they enjoy a peaceful life, one free of tyranny.
Read the entire essay at TwinCities.com
Minnesota: Ad opposing anti-gay marriage amendment on the air
First ad from Minnesotans United For All Families who oppose the anti-gay state amendment to ban marriage equality.
Kim and John, Catholic Republicans from Savage, Minnesota, talk about having their minds changed about gay families by a new couple who moved into their neighborhood, and their decision to vote “no” on the anti-gay marriage amendment on the ballot this November.
Gov. Jesse Ventura and wife speak out against anti-gay Minnesota amendment
Former Governor Jesse Ventura and his wife, Terry, have been married for 37 years – and they wouldn’t want to deny the happiness they’ve had in their life to anyone. “Love is by far bigger than government can ever be.”
Help defeat this anti-LGBT amendment in Minnesota: www.mnunited.org
Minnesota: Anti-gay marriage amendment has strong support
According to a new KSTP/SurveyUSA poll, 50 percent of Minnesotans favor an amendment defining marriage as between one man and one woman. Meanwhile, 43 percent oppose the amendment and 8 percent are undecided.
The amendment is favored in all regions of the state, with the closest margin in the Twin Cities metro area where the “yes” vote is ahead just 46 percent to 44 percent. The amendment is also supported by voters in the 18 to 49 age group by a margin of 48 percent to 42 percent. “Likely voters” over the age of 50 support the amendment 51 percent to 44 percent.
Booo!
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