Minnesota Anti-Gay Constitutional Amendment Fuels National Battle Over Marriage Equality
October 18, 2012
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15:47Now PlayingMinnesota Anti-Gay Constitutional Amendment Fuels National Battle Over Marriage Equality
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as posted by the channelDemocracyNow.org - Voters in Maine, Maryland and Washington will decide November 6 whether to recognize same-sex marriage, potentially marking the first time such marriages are legalized by popular vote. However, in Minnesota, opponents of same-sex marriage are pushing a constitutional amendment to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman. Thirty-two states have previously held votes on same-sex marriage and, each time, voters have opposed it. Civil rights groups are organizing to defeat the ballot measure, joined by a growing number of sympathetic churches. One of the groups at the forefront of the movement for marriage equality is Minnesotans United for All Families. The Human Rights Campaign -- a national group that represents lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people -- announced on Wednesday that it has invested an additional $200,000 in Minnesota to defeat the amendment. Meanwhile, the Catholic Church has spent at least $1.1 million to oppose same-sex marriage bills. For more, we're joined now by Minnesota State Senator Scott Dibble, who is openly gay, and who helped found "Minnesotans United for All Families."
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