Minnesota Independent » national organization of marriage http://minnesotaindependent.com News. Politics. Media. Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:22:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Koering to run as write-in candidate http://minnesotaindependent.com/70900/koering-to-run-as-write-in-candidate http://minnesotaindependent.com/70900/koering-to-run-as-write-in-candidate#comments Mon, 20 Sep 2010 15:11:59 +0000 Andy Birkey http://minnesotaindependent.com/?p=70900 Paul Koering, Minnesota’s only elected gay Republican, may become Minnesota’s only elected gay independent. Koering told the St. Cloud Times over the weekend that he will run a write-in campaign for the state Senate seat he now holds. Koering…]]> Paul Koering, Minnesota’s only elected gay Republican, may become Minnesota’s only elected gay independent. Koering told the St. Cloud Times over the weekend that he will run a write-in campaign for the state Senate seat he now holds. Koering lost to Paul Gazelka in the Republican primary after the National Organization for Marriage and the Minnesota Family Council made hay of Koering’s dinner date with a porn actor over the summer. Koering says an overwhelming response from voters in the district encouraged him to run.

“Wherever I went, people were telling me they were going to write my name in,” he told the St. Cloud Times. He said there was an “overwhelming show of support from many friends and acquaintances.”

Following his primary defeat, Koering had endorsed DFL candidate Taylor Stevenson. He told the Times that if he wins he may caucus with the DFL. Koering filed his write-in campaign with the Secretary of State’s office last week.

]]> http://minnesotaindependent.com/70900/koering-to-run-as-write-in-candidate/feed 9 Religious right ad faces gathering storm of spoofs http://minnesotaindependent.com/32967/religious-right-ad-faces-gathering-storm-of-spoofs http://minnesotaindependent.com/32967/religious-right-ad-faces-gathering-storm-of-spoofs#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:38:25 +0000 Andy Birkey http://minnesotaindependent.com/?p=32967 picture-12What was intended to be a serious effort to beat back the forces of marriage equality has become a “camp” sensation across the country. The National Organization for Marriage dumped $1.5 million into an ad campaign called the “Gathering…]]> picture-12What was intended to be a serious effort to beat back the forces of marriage equality has become a “camp” sensation across the country. The National Organization for Marriage dumped $1.5 million into an ad campaign called the “Gathering Storm,” which is set to air in key states where marriage equality is advancing. But it already has aired in much of the country in the form of parodies gays and lesbians, celebrities and just about anyone with a camera have done their own interpretation.

The original “The Gathering Storm”:

A group of celebrities, including George Takei, Alicia Silverstone and Lance Bass, performed one of the funniest spoofs in “A Gaythering Storm” by the Giant Gay Repellent Umbrella.

A Wake Up World with Hope and Davis version:

Stephen Colbert and the Colbert Coalition:

The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c
The Colbert Coalition’s Anti-Gay Marriage Ad
colbertnation.com
Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor Gay Marriage Commercial

A version directed and edited by Andrew Keenan-Bolger and Clark Johnsen:

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