# Gay marriage in Minnesota **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 13, 2013, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-in-minnesota/658264 "2013-05-13T21:23:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-in-minnesota/658264/1 "2013-05-13T21:23:58Z")
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:😕 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-in-minnesota/658264/2 "2013-05-13T21:44:42Z")
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.” ---
**Author:** ![MN\_Maenad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e95f7d/32.png) [@MN\_Maenad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MN_Maenad)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-in-minnesota/658264/3 "2013-05-13T21:47:39Z")
So proud of my state right now. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecccb3/32.png) [@Zago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zago)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-in-minnesota/658264/4 "2013-05-13T21:51:38Z")
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). ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-in-minnesota/658264/5 "2013-05-13T22:10:47Z")
Yeah!! I predict I’ll be getting some wedding invitions in the next 6 months! ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-in-minnesota/658264/6 "2013-05-13T22:36:37Z")
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… ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-in-minnesota/658264/7 "2013-05-13T23:01:20Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-in-minnesota/658264/8 "2013-05-13T23:14:55Z")
Way to go! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-in-minnesota/658264/9 "2013-05-13T23:17:34Z")
> [@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. ---
**Author:** ![RickG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rickg/32/5174_2.png) [@RickG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickG)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-in-minnesota/658264/10 "2013-05-13T23:31:23Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > Wow, Michele Bachmann isn’t going to like this one bit. Icing on the cake. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-in-minnesota/658264/11 "2013-05-14T01:14:58Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > Wow, Michele Bachmann isn’t going to like this one bit. [As a matter of fact…](http://dailycurrant.com/2013/05/13/bachmann-threatens-to-leave-minnesota-over-marriage-equality/) > [@](#): > > 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. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-in-minnesota/658264/12 "2013-05-14T01:22:13Z")
(BTW, that’s a parody website.) ---
**Author:** ![D-bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@D-bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D-bear)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-in-minnesota/658264/13 "2013-05-14T04:49:27Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > Wow, Michele Bachmann isn’t going to like this one bit. Marcus Bachmann might think otherwise… Just sayin… ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-in-minnesota/658264/14 "2013-05-14T10:13:47Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-in-minnesota/658264/15 "2013-05-14T10:37:12Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-in-minnesota/658264/16 "2013-05-14T11:24:36Z")
> [@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. ---
**Author:** ![BlinkingDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-in-minnesota/658264/17 "2013-05-14T15:09:53Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![BlinkingDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-in-minnesota/658264/18 "2013-05-14T15:12:08Z")
> [@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”. ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-in-minnesota/658264/19 "2013-05-14T17:26:46Z")
> [@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! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-in-minnesota/658264/20 "2013-05-14T17:41:02Z")
> [@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. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-in-minnesota/658264.md?page=2)