Comments on: Pine City Pride endures despite rival ‘family values’ event

By: Pride Attendee (from Pine City)

Pride Attendee (from Pine City) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:10:32 +0000

What about those of us who’d like to protect our children from a world where hate and ignorance run rampant? Why not demonstrate to your children love and compassion rather than demonstrate against human rights and the way God created people?

By: Ignorance is Not Bliss

Ignorance is Not Bliss — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:32:41 +0000

Some of you people need to educate yourselves. Abe Mach is from Pine County. A Facebook network does not determine where someone resides. People want to protect their children from the unnecessary exposure to sexual decisions that these adults make. What is wrong with that? Our children don’t need to worry about things like that until they are old enough to understand it. When children are exposed to this sort of thing, that’s when it crosses a line. You people are missing the point – this is about protecting our children. To say that this opinion is “backwoods” is just an idiotic generalization. Go back to school!

By: Pride Attendee (from Pine City)

Pride Attendee (from Pine City) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:11:23 +0000

The only one spouting off about morality that I’ve been able to tell is the pro-family picnic organizer, Abe Mach, who’s not even a Pine Countian, according to his Facebook (Sioux Falls, SD network). Then he goes onto say that these events shouldn’t define “our” community. Well, it seems from that Abe isn’t even from OUR community of Pine City and that he should organize these events back from wherever it is he came from. Pine City is above these childish, backwoods protests.

By: EK

EK — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:59:35 +0000

I’m a little puzzled by concern on the part of some Pine County residents about “morality”.

Some of the highly-moral folks in Pine County broke into my grandparents’ house near Willow River a while back, stole furniture, ripped copper wire out of the house and generally vandalized and destroyed the place. At the time, there was a rash of this kind of vandalism and theft in Pine County by these virtuous non-city folks who do NOT have 612 or 651 area codes. And also at the time, there was nobody in the county sheriff’s office who could be bothered to do anything about it.

By: Mel Rexroad

Mel Rexroad — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:28:40 +0000

Thank you Sen. John Marty. Our family enjoyed working with you in the past, and is looking forward to working with you as Governor.

By: Molly D

Molly D — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:44:52 +0000

John Marty’s quotes in this article make me so happy! We need politicians that are not fearful of political judgment who stand up for whats right! I strongly support his candidacy for Governor! I can’t wait to be proud of the man in the Governor’s office when he’s there, uniting MN, making it once again the best state in the country.

By: Daniel Fanning

Daniel Fanning — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:25:27 +0000

I’m so proud to work for Senator John Marty, and I’ll be just as proud to call him our Governor! This is exactly the type of courage, values, vision and bold leadership we need in the Governor’s Office. Please join the Marty for MN Movmenet, let’s make sure we get this great leader elected next year.

By: Pride Attendee (from Pine City)

Pride Attendee (from Pine City) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:11:53 +0000

The organizers of the local pride have taken a pin tally at each of the five events. The vast majority of attendees are from East Central Minnesota (the Mora, Pine City, Cambridge, Hinckley and North Branch areas).

Where the idea that it is not a local event comes from is beyond me. The fact that “outsiders” choose to attend is a complement to the event. Moreover, many that live in the Twin Cities NOW came from SMALL TOWN Minnesota (places like Pine City) and can relate to the difficulties being gay in a smaller community. I met someone this year who now lives in St. Paul but that grew up in Pine City.

If someone from area code 651 or 320 were to attend Freedom Fest or the Pine County Fair, would we turn them away? We haven’t made this our practice, YET.

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:10:45 +0000

I’m amazed at the level of forthrightness John Marty brings to Minnesota politics. He is way out in front of all the other politicians in the state. I like his leadership on this and other issues. Gay marriage is coming to Minnesota. It is inevitable. The previous comment demonstrates it, although he opposes gay marriage. His opposition is based in concerns that fall apart with education. He’s saying, if I understand correctly, that legalizing gay marriage will somehow take away his freedom of religous practice and to think what he wants to think. Laws don’t and can’t govern religious practice, and they don’t and can’t govern speech and thought. They don’t and can’t because the Constitution protects speech, thought, and religious practice.

By: GadZooks

GadZooks — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:31:25 +0000

I’m guessing that if someone had taken the initiative to check, most, if not all of the people attending the gay rights “picnic” would be found to have “612″ or “651″ area codes.

We don’t care what the proponants of perversion call it, we call it invasion.