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.

Status: Anti-Marriage Law

Groups Actively Working on Marriage

OutFront Minnesota: the central statewide organization leading a multi-year campaign for marriage in Minnesota

 

Blog Posts Related to Minnesota

What Target and the National Organization for Marriage have in common

Michael A. Jones reports on some state races where marriage equality may be an active issue this fall. About the gubernatorial race in Minnesota, where both Target and NOM have put money behind anti-gay candidate Tom Emmer, Jones notes, "today they're [Target] standing on the side of the National Organization for Marriage, instead of on the side that would treat all their customers and employees, regardless of their sexual orientation, with dignity."

Video: Voice for Equality - Minnesota State Senator John Marty strikes back at NOM attack ad

John Marty is a member of the Minnesota Senate, representing District 54, which includes portions of Hennepin and Ramsey counties in the northern Twin Cities metropolitan area.

When, in 2010, the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) ran an election ad attacking Minnesota State Sen. John Marty for supporting the freedom to marry, he struck back with a video of his own.

Op-Ed: Anti-freedom to marry campaign: day late, dollars long

Lori Sturdevant discusses a $200,000 statewide TV ad campaign in Minnesota by the National Organization for Marriage. "It dawned on me that the anti-freedom to marry group is not really trying to influence the Legislature -- at least not the current one. It's trying to inject the gay rights issue into this fall's state election campaign, and drive up voter turnout among people who share its beliefs."

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Resources Related to Minnesota

Minnesota Census Snapshot

Demographic and economic information about same-sex couples and same-sex couples raising children in Minnesota.

Geographic Trends Among Same-Sex Couples in the U.S. Census and the American Community Survey

Groundbreaking research showing a huge increase in same-sex couples identifying themselves as "unmarried partners".

Unequal Under the Law: 515 Ways Minnesota Laws Discriminate Against Couples and Families

Project 515 presents the 515 different Minnesota laws which same-sex couples and their families are excluded from.

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