# 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:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**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, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-in-minnesota/658264/21 "2013-05-14T18:18:41Z")
> [@Spiff](#): > > 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! It could have been that people didn’t like the idea of the anti-gay amendment but still didn’t want gay marriage. Their pushing forward at this time was a risk but, even at the time, I thought a good one. One of the strongest messages that was used (in my opinion) during the attempt to ban gay marriages was the “Amendments are meant to bestow rights and freedoms, not take it away. Look at the history of the U.S. and judge the effect of ‘taking rights away’ amendments and judge for yourself how they worked out”. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-in-minnesota/658264/22 "2013-05-14T19:00:36Z")
> [@stpauler](#): > > [As a matter of fact…](http://dailycurrant.com/2013/05/13/bachmann-threatens-to-leave-minnesota-over-marriage-equality/) > > Door/ass/etc. [Snopes actually has an article on that already.](http://www.snopes.com/politics/satire/bachmann.asp) ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-in-minnesota/658264/23 "2013-05-14T19:36:22Z")
My sister took me to the hospital yesterday and then out for lunch afterwards. Since it is a matter close to her heart, she kept up with the debate on her smart phone while we ate, apologizing (unnecessarily) all the while. Every flippin’ senator had to put in their 2 cents. But we did it. ---
**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, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-in-minnesota/658264/24 "2013-05-14T22:13:57Z")
And Gov Dayton signed it into law! August 1st is when it will be legal. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-in-minnesota/658264/25 "2013-05-14T22:22:26Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > The way things are going? Three states in two weeks is actually a pretty positive trend. Colorado passed a Civil Unions law earlier this year as well and they started issuing them to gay couples two weeks ago. (They can’t do gay marriage because a ban was put into the state constitution several years ago.) ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-in-minnesota/658264/26 "2013-05-14T22:24:44Z")
Welcome to the club Gopher State! ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-in-minnesota/658264/27 "2013-05-14T22:45:57Z")
> [@stpauler](#): > > And Gov Dayton signed it into law! August 1st is when it will be legal. Aw man…no June weddings? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-in-minnesota/658264/28 "2013-05-15T00:12:14Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > Aw man…no June weddings? Apparently all the currently scheduled June wedding couples lobbied the state for the delay. They didn’t want to compete with Teh Fabulous. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-in-minnesota/658264/29 "2013-05-15T01:26:09Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Apparently all the currently scheduled June wedding couples lobbied the state for the delay. They didn’t want to compete with Teh Fabulous. 😉 Damn, I was hoping for at least one \*[Seven Brides For Seven Brothers\*-themed](http://youtu.be/YWzz_NJ6H00) June wedding. I shoot concerts, but the forum where I discuss video shooting issues seems to be overrun with wedding videographers, and they seem to be a remarkably conservative bunch for the most part. So there might be a business opportunity in shooting gay weddings. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-in-minnesota/658264.md?page=1)