UltimoDragonQuest posted:

Green means go
Red means stop

Minnesota is going to stop discriminating so gay people can go get married.

e: ninja edit

Zeroisanumber posted:

To the FReep thread!

RZApublican posted:

Sorry, I thought he was referring to the Republican's in the state losing the legislature being taken by (some crazy person) as evidence against gay marriage.

Zeroisanumber posted:

LOL "Metro focused". 90% of the state's population lives here and we pay for basically everything in outstate so...

Amoxicilina posted:

Not to nitpick, but only 60% of the population lives in the cities, certainly not 90%.

With that said, I can say it truly is a great day to be a proud minnesotan. And to think we could've hosed it up with a constitutional ban last election. What's not to love about this state?

Bullfrog posted:

I'm so proud of my state. We rebounded so well.

We were the first state to beat a constitutional marriage amendment, and then we spin it around back in conservatives' faces in under a year. Fantastic.

Bullfrog posted:

I'm so proud of my state. We rebounded so well.

We were the first state to beat a constitutional marriage amendment, and then we spin it around back in conservatives' faces in under a year. Fantastic.

quote:

Rep Peggy Scott in tears after the vote. "My heart breaks for Minnesota," she said.

Sweeney Tom posted:

3 countries legalize it in the span of 2 weeks, and now 3 states are about to do the same in the span of under a month.

I know we're barely 5 months into the year, but is it safe to call 2013 a loving great year?

Zeroisanumber posted:

Bullfrog posted:

I'm so proud of my state. We rebounded so well.

We were the first state to beat a constitutional marriage amendment, and then we spin it around back in conservatives' faces in under a year. Fantastic.

Sweeney Tom posted:

3 countries legalize it in the span of 2 weeks, and now 3 states are about to do the same in the span of under a month.

I know we're barely 5 months into the year, but is it safe to call 2013 a loving great year?

Branis posted:

Is there a list out of how the reps voted? I can about guess how my hometown rep voted but i'd like to see if he suprised me.

seal it with a kiss posted:

Here's a blurry screenshot:

seal it with a kiss posted:

MPR has a map up of the marriage amendment vote by house district vs the vote by that representative today, major props to the DFL for holding their caucus together.

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2013/05/map_marriage_votes_compared/

BeanBandit posted:

Check out north-east MN. I'm so proud to have been born and raised on the Iron Range.

gently caress You And Diebold posted:

Does anyone have a link to the total of the MN debate today? I am trying to find it for a friend. I know TheUptake is replaying it right now, but I can't find a solid link for the whole debate to send them.

UltimoDragonQuest posted:

Video


If that isn't it, the whole thing will end up posted here.

gently caress You And Diebold posted:

Rousing post-vote rally on right now streaming on https://www.theuptake.org!

Now we get to rub it in California's face, also we don't have to take as much crap from Iowa!

gently caress You And Diebold posted:

Both of these require me to install the Windows Media Player 11 Plugin, which when I try to install say "Server not found" .

Edit: I can make it work through forcing the link to open in Winamp, but I would prefer something simpler for linking to my friend. Just to, you know, be extra picky

NOM posted:

"Minnesota voters should be outraged that they were sold a bill of goods by gay marriage activists last November." — Brian Brown, NOM president —

National Organization for Marriage

Washington, D.C. — Only six months after gay marriage activists promised Minnesotans that there was no threat to marriage in Minnesota, today's passage of a bill to redefine marriage reveals that proponents of last November's failed Marriage Protection Amendment were telling the truth all along.

"Minnesota voters should be outraged that they were sold a bill of goods by gay marriage activists last November," Brian Brown, President of the National Organization for Marriage, commented. "Our opponents filled the airwaves and spent millions claiming marriage was under no threat in Minnesota. And yet they lost no time in pushing for the redefinition of marriage as soon as our marriage protection amendment failed, despite new polling that shows a majority of Minnesotans oppose redefining marriage. We have long argued there is a very grave threat to marriage and today we witnessed our predictions sadly confirmed."

Brown continued: "The recent actions in Minnesota should serve as a wakeup call to other states that have not yet passed Marriage Protection Amendments: if you do not protect marriage proactively in your constitution, the powerful and wealthy gay marriage lobby will target your state for their next campaign to change your laws."

Brown added: "The new legislation in Minnesota will expose pro-marriage Minnesotans to additional legal action and harassment, as we have seen happen time and time again in other states that have redefined marriage."

Brown concluded: "The National Organization for Marriage commends all of the individuals and groups in Minnesota who have worked so hard for so long to protect marriage. This fight is not over. Minnesota will someday, once again, reflect the truth about marriage in its laws, of that we are confident."

CRSmith posted:

Posted May 9, 2013 at 6:48 pm | Permalink

FemEagle, I would like to hear more from you or NOM about what you are saying. It is so hard to get accurate information about this. Every time I turn around it seems like I hear there is another state accepting gay marriage. I can't believe that DECENT people continue to cater to the gays again and again on this. Won't the Supreme Court put a stop to this dirty business once and for all?

I appreciate hearing your thoughts. Some of the other people who post on here are just plain filthy with the things they write. It's not decent, and I just skip over it. Thank you.

seal it with a kiss posted:

I can't figure out how to link to it, but the 4th video on the Uptake is the debate and vote

http://www.theuptake.org/2013/05/09/mn-house-takes-historic-vote-on-same-sex-marriage/

Grand Theft Autobot posted:

In short, we all need to thank the MNGOP for loving up so badly at constitutionally banning gay marriage that they actually got it legalized.

Crameltonian posted:

I love how on NOM's frontpage they're calling for action in the 'marriage battles' in RI, IL, MN and DE. They're already lost in two of those states and are about to lose a third one. Also I'm kinda jealous of how quick the legislative process is in some US states. In Britain our Commons passed the Equal Marriage bill back in February. It's been tortuously winding its way through committee since then, they're voting on it again this month and then it's off to the loving House of Lords.