Episcopal Church of Minnesota Bishop Brian Prior said his church “has always stood with the marginalized.” The stance is in sharp contrast with Minnesota’s Catholic Church, which has been a main proponent of a constitutional same-sex marriage ban.
Mitchell is a rising star in conservative circles, having supported a slew of tea party candidates, pushed for photo ID laws and helped take down low-income advocacy group ACORN.
As the battle around the 2012 vote on a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage heats up, the board declined to open more disclosure loopholes.
“[W]henever natural causes disturb otherwise typical biological development, leading to the personally unchosen beginnings of same-sex attraction, the ultimate responsibility, on a theological level, is and should be imputed to the evil one, not God.”
Relaxing disclosure rules would benefit groups like Minnesota for Marriage, which has vowed not to comply with some campaign finance guidelines as they advocate for a constitutional gay marriage ban,
Inver Groves Council Member Dennis Madden said of the LGBT community: “I’m tired of these weird little groups that do all these strange things.”
Catholics across the political spectrum called the Archdiocese’s decision to engage on the issue of same-sex marriage “unusual.”
A group named for a gay soldier killed in Afghanistan is launching to advocate equal rights for gays and lesbians.
Transparency advocates say the group appears to be prepping a lawsuit challenging the state’s already weakened disclosure rules.
The letter asks priests in each of the state’s parishes to identify a “church captain” to create a committee to push the constitutional anti-gay marriage amendment.
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