Gay marriage in Minnesota

[stpauler]

It just passed the Senate and it’s just up to Governor Dayton who has already pledged to sign the bill. CONGRATULATIONS TO MY HOME AND HOME STATE>

:mad::):rolleyes::eek:

[Baker]

Congratulations! I wish Kansas had equal marriage laws, but I doubt Gov. Brownback would sign a bill, even if the legislature passed it. He’s the one who just signed a bill for more abortion restrictions, with the law stating “life begins at conception.”

[MN_Maenad]

So proud of my state right now.

[Zago]

Congratulations, I look forward to a day when gay marriage is legal in all states - unfortunately it probably won’t happen in my lifetime (the way things are going).

[Tastes_of_Chocolate]

Yeah!! I predict I’ll be getting some wedding invitions in the next 6 months!

[Ferret_Herder]

Congrats to our neighbors to the northwest! Illinois is having issues getting enough Congresscritters who’ll vote for it, even though it passed our Senate and the governor will sign. Sigh…

[N9IWP]

Although I live in MN, most of my news comes from Wisconsin.
Did the opponents consider a filibuster?

The speed is what is interesting. About 6 months since the defeat of the anti-equal marriage amendment.

Brian

[EmilyG]

Way to go!

[standingwave]

@stpauler

It just passed the Senate and it’s just up to Governor Dayton who has already pledged to sign the bill. CONGRATULATIONS TO MY HOME AND HOME STATE>

:mad::):rolleyes::eek:

Wow, Michele Bachmann isn’t going to like this one bit.

[RickG]

@standingwave

Wow, Michele Bachmann isn’t going to like this one bit.

Icing on the cake.

[stpauler]

@standingwave

Wow, Michele Bachmann isn’t going to like this one bit.

As a matter of fact…

Congresswoman Michele Bachmann threatened to leave Minnesota today if the state goes ahead with its plans to legalize gay marriage.

In an interview with a local television station, the conservative firebrand said she believes God will destroy Minneapolis once the legislation is enacted, and wants to be far away when the reckoning happens.

“The Bible is very clear on this issue,” she told KSTP-TV this morning, "Homosexuality is a sin, and God will punish communities that support it.

“I have a friend from Eden Prairie who’s already packed everything she owns into her car and is driving out to Montana as we speak. These are very scary times. I don’t want my family to be the last ones out.”

In a subsequent interview with The Daily Currant Bachmann says she’s not sure where she’ll go if she leaves, but is seriously considering Oregon as a possibility since its constitution bans same sex marriage.

Door/ass/etc.

[stpauler]

(BTW, that’s a parody website.)

[D-bear]

@standingwave

Wow, Michele Bachmann isn’t going to like this one bit.

Marcus Bachmann might think otherwise… Just sayin…

[Gyrate]

Dan Savage had an excellent tweet about this:

So it is a slippery slope - they let Marcus Bachmann get married and now all the gays can get married. #MN4M

[alphaboi867]

Oregon doesn’t strike me as the best long-term solution to Mrs Bachmann’s problem. On the plus side doesn’t she have to resign from Congress if she moves out of state?

[stpauler]

@alphaboi867

Oregon doesn’t strike me as the best long-term solution to Mrs Bachmann’s problem. On the plus side doesn’t she have to resign from Congress if she moves out of state?

The Daily Currant is a parody website, like the Onion, but not really funny.

[BlinkingDuck]

I live in one of the relatively few areas where my congresscritter is Republican and voted for this. Damn, will have to break my no Republican votes vendetta for this particular critter.

[BlinkingDuck]

@N9IWP

Although I live in MN, most of my news comes from Wisconsin.
Did the opponents consider a filibuster?

The speed is what is interesting. About 6 months since the defeat of the anti-equal marriage amendment.

Brian

I think what happened is that the strength of the rejection of the anti-gay marriage vote galvanized people to think…“Hey, maybe just maybe if we pushed now we would have a chance”.

[Spiff]

@BlinkingDuck

I think what happened is that the strength of the rejection of the anti-gay marriage vote galvanized people to think…“Hey, maybe just maybe if we pushed now we would have a chance”.

That is indeed the conventional political wisdom of what happened here.

Plus, there was an energized network of activists who had worked very hard to defeat the constitutional ban … and they smelled blood in the water!

[tdn]

@Zago

Congratulations, I look forward to a day when gay marriage is legal in all states - unfortunately it probably won’t happen in my lifetime (the way things are going).

The way things are going? Three states in two weeks is actually a pretty positive trend.