Gay Marriage

Despite mass arrests at this peepful protest against the Republican National Convention (submitted to the Pioneer Press’ Peeps Diorama Contest), all of the blue and brown peeps’ charges against the pink, yellow and light-green peeps have been dropped. After the jump, a speech-balloon version of the popular Senate election-contest trial scene, and selections from the ABA [...]

Like many couples, Tim Reardon and his partner Eric diligently prepared everything they needed should one of them die. But when Eric lost his struggle with brain cancer, Reardon discovered that a single error in their legal paperwork meant that he couldn’t fulfill his longtime partner’s end-of-life wishes. Reardon told his story today at a press conference announcing proposed legislation called the “Final Wishes Act” which aims to give same-sex couples some of the same rights legally married couples get automatically.

In his inaugural invocation today, the Rev. Rick Warren was subtle about shaming gay-rights protesters but explicit about his Chrisitianity, calling on Jesus by name not once but four times, in four different languages associated with three world religions.

The joint appearance on Almanac a week ago Friday featuring Al Franken, Mike Ciresi and Jim Cohen, was the closest thing we’ve had to a debate among the DFL Senate candidates. It was polite (or bland, depending on your tastes) and didn’t highlight a lot of clear differences among the three on the issues.

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