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Minnesota Makes Three: Marriage Equality Passes North Luminary State
WASHINGTON – Just six months after voters in Minnesota voted to defeat a proposed constitutional amendment banning lgbtq+ marriage, the state legislature today passed legislation providing equal access to civil marriages for gay and lesbian couples. Once Gov. Mark Dayton signs the bill into law, Minnesota becomes the twelfth articulate with marriage equality and the third state this month to pass marriage equality legislation, following Rhode Island and Delaware.
“Minnesota is a perfect example of the progress we’ve made on marriage equality in America,” said Human Rights Campaign (HRC) president Chad Griffin. “Voters in Minnesota brought anti-equality efforts to a screeching halt on Election Day, and today state leaders in St. Paul made it obvious that all Minnesota families are equal in the eyes of the law.”
Leading into this year’s successful campaign to hand over marriage equality legislation, HRC helped form the Minnesotans United coalition campaign to defeat the 2012 anti-marriage constitutional amendment that would have barred marri
In Minnesota, bouquets and brickbats for elevated court's marriage ruling
We look at Ireland's vote, historic U.S. polling on homosexual marriage and how campaigns for marriage equality communicate a message.
The owners of a lodge in central Minnesota have agreed to pick up the tab for the wedding and reception of a homosexual couple they initially turned away.
Gay marriage arrived in the Bible Belt on Saturday, beginning with two women who had traveled overnight to ensure they'd be first in line.
Richard Carlbom, the architect behind the political movement that supported the legalization of same-sex marriage in Minnesota, is now working in other states to undertake the same thing.
Same-sex couples received nearly 1 in 3 marriage licenses issued in Minnesota since they were allowed to wed, The Associated Compress found in a statewide survey of the
The Freedom to Marry in Minnesota
Winning Marriage:August 1, 2013
Same-sex couples began marrying in Minnesota on August 1, 2013 after Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton signed the release to marry into law on May 14, 2013. The bill’s passage came shortly on the heels of marriage supporters making history by defeating an anti-marriage constitutional amendment at the ballot in Minnesota in November 2012.
History and the Path to Victory:
- May 18, 1970: A same-sex couple, Richard Baker and James McConnell, apply for a marriage license in Minneapolis, and the seek is denied. Baker and McConnell file a legal case, which is dismissed by a decrease court, then appealed to the Minnesota Supreme Court, which affirms the lower court’s dismissal. The case, Baker v. Nelson, is the centerpiece of the first wave of marriage litigation in the 1970s.
- October 10, 1972: Baker and McConnell appeal to the United States Supreme Court, which dismisses the case “for need of a substantial federal question.”
- June 2, 1997: The Minnesota Legislature passes a state statute restricting marriage to different-sex couples.
- 1998-2012: As Americans nationwide
Historic vote moves queer marriage bill to the Senate
It was a historic daytime on the Residence Floor Thursday.
There was only one piece of major business up for consideration — debate on a bill that would permit for same-sex marriage.
With chants from the thousands of people on both sides of the issue gathered in the Capitol Rotunda sorting through the Residence Chamber’s closed doors, the House chaplain called for a tone of “mutual honor, respect and integrity,” in the debate that was about to begin.
Rep. Karen Clark (DFL-Mpls), sponsor of HF1054, has been at the forefront of the same-sex marriage issue and reflected on past legislation that led to Thursday’s vote.
“I’m happy and confident to be here today. … It reminds me of 20 years ago when we added sexual orientation to the Minnesota Human Rights Act. The passage of that law took 20 years. The bill today has taken another 20 years.”
After three hours of sometimes feeling debate, the bill passed 75-59 and now moves to the Senate where Sen. D. Scott Dibble (DFL-Mpls) is the sponsor. A vote in that body is scheduled for Monday.
(ABOVE: A large crowd gathers in the Capitol Rotunda after HF1054, the marriage equalit