Will It Be Marriage or Civil Unions For Minnesota?
Nearly 500 people gathered on the steps of the state Capitol Thursday, braving a late-winter storm to pressure state legislators to pass a marriage equality bill before the 2013 legislative session ends.
View ArticleMinnesota Marriage Equality: Is It Worth $678K? House Ways & Means Says Yes.
A bill to legalize gay marriage in Minnesota has passed it's final hurdles before the full Senate and House can vote on it.
View ArticleMinnesota House Passes Same-Sex Marriage On Bipartisan 75-59 Vote
Minnesota's House votes on a bill legalizing same-sex marriage.
View ArticleA New Day In Minnesota: In the Name of Love
"It's not time to pour the champagne yet," Rep. Steve Simon told a raucous throng celebrating after the vote in the Capitol Rotunda. "But it (the champagne) is chilling!!"
View ArticleMinnesota Senate Approves Same-Sex Marriage; Capitol Throng Celebrates...
The Minnesota State Senate has voted to legalize same-sex marriage, approving on a 37-30 vote the measure that passed the House of Representatives last week. Gov. Mark Dayton is expected to sign the...
View ArticleLOVE IS THE LAW: Minnesota Finally Gets Marriage Equality. For Everyone.
Opponents of same-sex marriage in Minnesota warned that legalizing marriage for all would have "unintended consequences." It turns out they were right: Minnesota has changed, fundamentally for the...
View ArticleGov. Mark Dayton Signs Same-Sex Marriage Law
A large crowd is expected on the south steps of the Capitol to watch Governor Dayton sign same-sex marriage into law.
View ArticleYou May Now Kiss The Bride(s)
Jane Leonard and Lori Lippert have been together 31 years and plan to marry soon after the new same-sex marriage law takes effect August 1.
View ArticleFREE AT LAST: Same-Sex Marriage Celebrations Rock St. Paul, Not To Mention...
The Three Amigos: Church, Military, State. With scorching sermons from the pulpit, with speeches of denunciation on the floors of the Legislature, with the arbitrary and cruel ending of careers and...
View ArticleOne Mom’s Odyssey: How a Minnesota Woman Helped Make Same-Sex Marriage History
A mother's love for her son is a powerful thing. It helped change the course of history in Minnesota.
View ArticleHow Supreme Court Ruling Will Affect Minnesota Same-Sex Couples
US Supreme Court ruling on marriage equality will impact Minnesota in many ways.
View Article12-Year-Old Wedding Dresses Will Still Fit — LEGALLY, This Time
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak will preside over 40 gay marriage ceremonies at City Hall in the wee hours of August 1, the first date that the state will allow marriage equality.
View ArticlePRIDE ON PARADE: The Photo Blog!!!
The 2013 Twin Cities Pride festival was a victory celebration as the LGBTQ community and their families, friends and supporters -- including almost every political candidate for any elective office --...
View ArticleCelebrations And 63 Weddings As Same-Sex Marriage Law Arrives With Midnight
Minnesota's marriage equality law took effect at Midnight last night.
View ArticleFreedom At Midnight: After Years of Struggle, Same-Sex Marriage Arrives in...
Weddings often begin after the appointed time, but this one was almost too early: If Margaret Miles and Cathy ten Broeke pledged their troth before the big clock on the Minneapolis City Hall tower...
View ArticleCelebrating Marriage Equality: After 11 Years of Refusing to Sign Minnesota...
After 11 years of refusing to sign state marriage certificates, the Rev. Victoria Safford made up for lost time this weekend by signing six of them at ceremonies that came after the advent of...
View ArticleMinnesota Marriage Marathon: Love Is The Law
Photo slide show for The UpTake by Judy Griesedieck After years of struggle for the right to marry, Minnesota’s LGBTQ community partied down and tied the knot — all over the state — as the same-sex...
View ArticleStory Of Fight For Minnesota Marriage Equality Set To Be A Movie — With Your...
The power of storytelling is the focus of a movie The UpTake is making about Minnesota's marriage equality battle.
View ArticleFamily Values: Is A Baby Boy Named Emil A Minnesota First?
Editor’s note: Is a baby from Minneapolis named Emil — who has a big brother named Arlo — the first Minnesota child born to a same-sex couple whose marriage is recognized by the state? Well, he just...
View ArticleFamily Values II: Baby Grady: The Happy Face of Minnesota’s Same-Sex Marriage...
Story by Nick Coleman, Executive Editor Yesterday, The UpTake brought you the story of a baby boy named Emil , born Aug. 22nd to a lesbian couple, and asked whether Emil might be the first child born...
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