An organizer of the equal rights group said that gay Catholics get married for the same reason as anyone else: “to make a lifetime commitment of love and responsibility, and to celebrate that solemn promise in front of God and their families.”
In the last five years, groups supporting the constitutional marriage ban have spent five times as much as opponents.
Minnesota has as many married same-sex couples as Iowa, where same-sex marriage has been legal for two years.
The Minnesota Catholic Conference has joined arms with Minnesota for Marriage, which supports a constitutional same-sex marriage ban.
Shoreview Council member Ben Withhart, who supported the registry, said a failure to pass it would have sent the message to gay couples that they weren’t welcome in Shoreview.
In other states that have faced an anti-gay marriage ballot, people of faith have been sidelined. In Minnesota, they’ve been involved from the beginning.
The state organization said the Republican victory in New York shows that politicians who vote for same-sex marriage will be held accountable by voters.
OutFront Minnesota responded that “lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people are not broken” or in need of repair.
Seventy-four members of Congress signed on to the letter, which seeks to address inconsistencies between state and federal law’s treatment of LGBT couples.
Walz joins all his Minnesota DFL colleagues in Congress except U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson in support of the repeal.
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