Minnesota
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Join Minnesotans United for All Families to help stop the anti-family constitutional amendment on the 2012 Minnesota ballot! In the 2011 legislative session, despite thousands of Minnesotans coming to the capitol and contacting their legislators in opposition to this amendment, state legislators passed a bill which places this discriminatory amendment on the ballot.
Minnesotans United for All Families, a coalition campaign, immediately launched to work tirelessly to fight for all Minnesotan families. Get involved today by visiting http://www.minnesotansunitedforallfamilies.com/
HISTORY
While some jurisdictions in Minnesota allow for domestic partnership registration, there is still no recognition at the state level for same-sex couples. As a result, thousands of same-sex couples are denied the basic protections they deserve. The path to marriage requires defeating the anti-family constitutional amendment on the 2012 Minnesota ballot, and continuing the work to end the exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage in Minnesota.
Status: Anti-Marriage Law
Groups Actively Working on Marriage
Minnesotans United for All Families: Minnesota voters are being asked to amend the constitution to ban marriage for same-sex couples. In 2012, Minnesota will vote "NO" on this anti-family ballot question. Here, we treat others like we want to be treated. So, join the campaign as we fight for Minnesota's families!
Freedom to Marry: the campaign to win marriage nationwide for all loving and committed couples.
OutFront Minnesota: the central statewide organization leading a multi-year campaign for marriage in Minnesota
Project 515: 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
Blog Posts Related to Minnesota
Defeating the amendment in Minnesota
Nine months out from a critical vote on a constitutional amendment that would ban marriage for committed gay and lesbian couples, the Minnesotans United for All Families Campaign is working day and night to defeat this hurtful and unnecessary amendment. Freedom to Marry's Regina Clemente explains how you can get involved in defeating this attack on Minnesota families!
Minnesotan Republican pens powerful commentary in favor of marriage
This past weekend, Minnesotan Republican Wheelock Whitney published a powerful opinion editorial in the Star Tribune about his opposition to the proposed constitutional amendment that would ban marriages for gay and lesbian couples.
Field update: On the ground in Minnesota
Freedom to Marry's Field Director Regina Clemente just got back from Minnesota, where she's working with the Minnesotans United for All Families coalition to defeat the anti-gay constitutional amendment on the November 2012 ballot.
Resources Related to Minnesota
Pew Poll Finds Growing Support for Freedom to Marry Among Evangelicals, Majority Support Among Youth
A comprehensive Pew poll found majority support for the freedom to marry among young people, college graduates and Catholics, with growing support among all other religious categories.
Party Principles: Support for the Freedom to Marry by State and National Political Parties
A listing of both state and national political parties that have made strong statements in support of the freedom to marry.
Minnesota Census Snapshot
Demographic and economic information about same-sex couples and same-sex couples raising children in Minnesota.