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Minnesota
Minnesota is home to over 14,000 same-sex couples and has one of the highest concentrations of such couples and families, in the city of Minneapolis, throughout the entire country. Since 2004, the state legislature blocked multiple attempts to write discrimination into the state constitution. State advocacy groups and citizens across the state continue to work towards ending the exclusion of same-sex couples and their families from marriage.
Read Project 515’s Minnesota Stories about the discrimination created by exclusion from marriage.
WHERE YOU CAN GO TO GET INVOLVED OR LEARN MORE:
OutFront Minnesota
OutFront Minnesota's mission is to make our state a place where GLBT Minnesotans have the freedom, power, and confidence to make the best choices for their own lives.
Project 515
Project 515 is a focused initiative with a specific, achievable goal: to ensure that same sex couples and their families have equal rights and considerations under Minnesota law.
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LEGISLATIVE STATUS IN MINNESOTA:
Your Community—Minnesota
Human Rights Campaign (HRC)
HRC presents resources, news, and the current marriage and
relationship recognition laws in each state.
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PUBLICATIONS:
Geographic Trends Among Same-Sex Couples in the U.S. Census and the
American Community Survey
Williams Institute
November 2007
Gary Gates at the Williams Institute released groundbreaking research
on the geographic trends among same-sex couples. The report finds the
biggest increases in Southern and Mountain states and states barring
legal acceptance of same-sex couples had larger percentage increases
in same-sex couples from 2000 to 2006.
Unequal Under the Law: 515 Ways Minnesota Laws Discriminate Against Couples and Families
Project 515
October 2007
Project 515 presents the 515 different Minnesota laws which same-sex couples and their families are excluded from.
Changing the Debate: Fairness for Committed Couples
A significant gap exists between the fairness Minnesotans value and what actually exists under Minnesota law. Nearly eight out of 10 Minnesotans said they think government should treat people no differently because of their sexual orientation, and seven out of 10 Minnesotans said they believe “gays and lesbians should have the same rights and responsibilities as everyone else,” according to a 2006 statewide survey. Yet at least 515 Minnesota statutes treat gay and lesbian couples in committed relationships unfairly and unequally.
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NEWS:
View news about the fight for the freedom to marry in Minnesota.
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MULTIMEDIA:
BLOG: State Auditor Elect regrets discriminatory marriage amendment vote
Eleventh Avenue South
November 13, 2006
Rebecca Otto, Minnesota's next State Auditor, told the CityPages last week that she regretted her vote for an anti-gay marriage amendment as a member of the Minnesota House in 2004. (Link to video.)
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Project 515 presents the 515 different Minnesota laws which same-sex couples and their families are excluded from.
Read Project 515’s Minnesota Stories about the discrimination created by exclusion from marriage.
