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Time to drink Grainbelt and listen to Purple Rain motherfuckers. Edit: Bob Dylan and Summit are also a possibility.
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UltimoDragonQuest posted:VERY Democratic state! They lied when they said rejecting the amendment wouldn't change the law. Think of the photographers! It's weird because I have always considered this to be a more economically-progressive state than a socially-progressive one. We're pretty live-and-let-live, but I would have never expected us to be so early in the list of states that legalize it. I've had a tingle in my chest since the vote board lit up.
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Looking at what happened in Russia last week, it got me thinking. Why do we not have to be told that MLK and people like him through history were good guys, but anti-gay conservatives have to constantly tell us they're the good guys? Hell, what if MLK behaved like today's homophobes? "You will give every man, black and white the rights we all deserve, or we will brutally murder and mutilate all the gays in the south!"
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Man. I normally am not a very political person or a very patriotic person, but as a lifelong Minnesotan and believer in equal rights, I'm choked up and grinning and almost want to wave a flag right now.Lutha Mahtin posted:It's weird because I have always considered this to be a more economically-progressive state than a socially-progressive one. We're pretty live-and-let-live, but I would have never expected us to be so early in the list of states that legalize it. Yeah, this is how I felt too, but I'm so glad to be wrong.
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Hurray for my home state! To think we almost had a constitutional ban and now after Dayton signs it tomorrow, there will be marriage in August. Sad that Senjem voted no though, can't wait for video of the debate to pop up, watching the House debate was pretty good.
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Loving Life Partner posted:Best sign: With my colorblindness, at first glance, it actually looks like the whole chart is the family unit falling apart.
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It will be in the 90s tomorrow, obvious evidence of hellfire edit for choice quote quote:“Some people have said that they are concerned about being on the right side of history. I am more concerned about being on the right side of eternity,” said Hall. 
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Sweeney Tom posted:This sign was great too We can't save the economy that way! Satan and his will corrupt the country through Bed Bath and Beyond sales!
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Sweeney Tom posted:This sign was great too "In other news, Subaru stock closed up 15% today..." 
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Loving Life Partner posted:Best sign: Anybody who includes a reference to Jurassic Park in their civil rights struggle is awesome in my book.  Too bad gay marriage already wiped out the dinosaurs though.
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Just got back from the Capitol! Over 8 hours there. Got in at 9:45 to sit in line to get into the Senate Gallery, ended up being 6 people away from getting in  . Did get to watch it from Senator Ray's office with a few other people though, which was sweet. She came back and said hi/talked to us for a few minutes three times over the debate. Thousands of people there, all three levels of the rotunda were packed. Low double digits protesters from what I saw, though I was in the senate office and went out a side entrance when I left so I missed the main crowd. Some really cool signs/outfits there. A couple of young women with signs saying they had just gotten engaged and to now let them marry. One of them had made her own rainbow dress that was really sweet. Just a wave of thunderous applause/cheering when it passed. Could be heard even from inside the Senator's office.MN United had equality support signs with blanks you could fill in, right next to me in the Gallery line was a guy who had filled it out I'm "A Straight, Christian Union Thug" and I support the Freedom to Marry," which was awesome.
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gently caress You And Diebold posted:MN United had equality support signs with blanks you could fill in, right next to me in the Gallery line was a guy who had filled it out I'm "A Straight, Christian Union Thug" and I support the Freedom to Marry," which was awesome. Tell me you got a picture of that.
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Zeroisanumber posted:Tell me you got a picture of that. I didn't  . My friend might have though, I'll ask. A ton of people walking by did too so you might see it pop up somewhere.
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gently caress You And Diebold posted:right next to me in the Gallery line was a guy who had filled it out I'm "A Straight, Christian Union Thug" and I support the Freedom to Marry," which was awesome. Yeah dude we need a pic of this. It's very much minnesota.jpg material.
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Lutha Mahtin posted:Yeah dude we need a pic of this. It's very much minnesota.jpg material. Yeah yeah I'm on it. Can't believe I didn't get a photo, oh well. Also this is from a few pages ago but the guy that was like "We still don't have a budget  ." Is my Senator, Senator Hann. He is crazy Christian conservative and was actually pretty rude to me and my group with MN United when we went to talk with him. It was very obvious his opposition was purely religious based and he got really offended if anyone even insinuated that being against marriage equality was bigotry or oppression of any kind or that there were any rights denied to gay couples that straight couples had. He had some quote on his wall directly behind him when he talked to us that was something to the effect that a politician of faith should never vote against that faith. Separation of Church and State say what?Also, didn't see it myself but apparently Minneapolis Mayor RT Ryback was dancing with people down in the rotunda before the vote. The signing is being done tomorrow outside on the capitol steps at 5pm and St. Paul is throwing an impromptu concert with a bunch of local bands for the occasion. Minnesota owns 
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gently caress You And Diebold posted:Also, didn't see it myself but apparently Minneapolis Mayor RT Ryback was dancing with people down in the rotunda before the vote. The signing is being done tomorrow outside on the capitol steps at 5pm and St. Paul is throwing an impromptu concert with a bunch of local bands for the occasion. Minnesota owns Rybak owns bones. The only problem with democrats having a lock on higher state offices is that we can't elect him senator or governor. Maybe he'll just go back to being in a band when this next term is up.
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Here we go: Edit: unfortunately I did not get many great photos as my phone died early on. Edit edit: he was there with his daughter, they were both cool from the small amount of time I talked with them. Fuck You And Diebold fucked around with this message at 02:42 on May 14, 2013 |
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I love that look on his face, so perfect and positive.
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Jesus. That really is minnesota.jpg. The little flag just adds a perfect touch.
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gently caress You And Diebold posted:Here we go: This is your villainous opposition, NOM. Yah, I'm quakin' in my booots over 'ere, yanno.
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quote:“Just six months ago advocates of redefining marriage said that there was no need for the marriage amendment because Minnesota already had a traditional marriage law on the books. Now, they’ve changed that law and imposed genderless marriage,” said Brian Brown, NOM’s president. “Make no mistake, this vote will bring the demise of the DFL majority and end the
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"genderless marriage" oh get hosed.
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Kurtofan posted:"genderless marriage" oh get hosed. Is the government now required to confiscate your gender when you get a marriage license?
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All marriages now convert you into some sort of androgynous creature that reproduces asexually. 
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Yeah, it could cost the DFL some seats, but advancing the cause of equal rights is the point of voting for the DFL in the first place. I'd gladly trade marriage equality for the Legislature. And if the DFL managed to whip their members into such a tight knit bloc, then I'd have to guess that they know MN United isn't going away and will surely help with their reelection in some fashion. And who's going to beat Dayton? Jeff Johnson? Who the gently caress is that?
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I want the job of writing those NOM press releases. The more ridiculous predictions I make, the happier I would make NOM, the more money they would pay me, and the stupider they would look to everybody else. And I could put in messages in the first letters of each sentence like IM GAY and HARVEY MILK. Then I could write an expose and sell it to Slate or something.
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We're winning so much that gay marriage is no longer a scary phrase and they've had to invent genderless marriage. 
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NOM Jerk posted:“Just six months ago advocates of redefining marriage said that there was no need for the marriage amendment because Minnesota already had a traditional marriage law on the books. Now, they’ve changed that law and imposed genderless marriage,” said Brian Brown, NOM’s president. “Make no mistake, this vote will bring the demise of the DFL majority and end the Oh you mean the voters who decided democratically that they didn't want to ban gay marriage? Tim Selaty Jr fucked around with this message at 04:41 on May 14, 2013 |
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Tim Selaty Jr posted:Oh you mean the voters who decided democratically that they didn't want to ban gay marriage? Activist  Keep moving those goal posts, NOM.
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Grand Theft Autobot posted:And who's going to beat Dayton? Jeff Johnson? Who the gently caress is that? Plenty of people. He is an EXTREMELY poor public speaker.
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Here is as good a shot of the homemade rainbow dress as I got: (In the middle with the sign) I was way better in person!
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Grand Theft Autobot posted:And who's going to beat Dayton? Jeff Johnson? Who the gently caress is that? disregard the following, please. it's wrong. Lutha Mahtin fucked around with this message at 00:24 on May 16, 2013 |
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He may be a lovely candidate but he's had some of the consistently best approval numbers of any governor in the country on PPP, I don't understand why you guys think he's so vulnerable.
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MaxxBot posted:He may be a lovely candidate but he's had some of the consistently best approval numbers of any governor in the country on PPP, I don't understand why you guys think he's so vulnerable. It is really based on the close election. However, I really don't think that will continue into reelection. Same with Al Franken. They both had really close 1st elections but have really high approval ratings since then. I don't know many Minnesotans disappointed with Dayton and there is definitely not a Republican who has a chance against him. All of the Minnesotan Republicans who have the name recognition to even try are too crazy to get anywhere state wide.
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MaxxBot posted:He may be a lovely candidate but he's had some of the consistently best approval numbers of any governor in the country on PPP, I don't understand why you guys think he's so vulnerable. I have known enough old Minnesotans to say with some authority that they can be incredibly fickle in the most ridiculous ways. This is important because the marriage amendment was defeated in a year with much more young people coming out to vote, compared to the older demographic that makes up non-Presidential election years. So be prepared for some really convoluted arguments next year, because maybe we can convince uncle Knut and aunt Alice that it wasn't right to pass SSM before we had some sub-checklist item of the budget wrapped up. At least, stupid canards like that have definitely been a major feature of every election in this state since I was old enough to care about politics.
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Someone a few pages back mentioned that the people in the rotunda were singing Les Mis songs. Did a lot of people join in, and does anyone have video?Chief Savage Man posted:With my colorblindness, at first glance, it actually looks like the whole chart is the family unit falling apart. There is a great metaphor hidden in here somehow.
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Argue posted:Someone a few pages back mentioned that the people in the rotunda were singing Les Mis songs. Did a lot of people join in, and does anyone have video? gently caress You And Diebold posted:Here is as good a shot of the homemade rainbow dress as I got: (In the middle with the sign)
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