MnIndy live tweet of debate between Maggie Gallagher and Dale Carpenter on marriage amendment

A reporter from the Minnesota Independent will be live tweeting the debate between a prominent opponent and supporter of the constitutional anti-gay marriage amendment Thursday afternoon.

The debate involves Maggie Gallagher, president of the Institute for Marriage and Public Policy and Dale Carpenter, University of Minnesota professor of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Law. It goes from 4-5 p.m. and is sponsored by the Murphy Institute for Catholic Thought, Law and Public Policy.

Minnesotans will vote on a constitutional amendment that would define marriage as only between one man and one woman in November 2012. Same-sex marriage is already illegal in Minnesota.

The debate will be tweeted from our @MnIndyLive account, which from now on will only be used for live events or extending our coverage with observations from our reporters or links to articles by other Minnesota media venues. You can join us on this page or on Twitter (and feel free to chime in, we’ll re-tweet you). To receive updates on all our stories throughout the day, please follow @MnIndy on Twitter. A full story about the debate will appear on the site tomorrow.