The "Anti-Marriage" Constitutional Amendment

For three years in a row (2004-2006) a group of conservative state lawmakers tried to push through a proposal to let people vote to amend the state constitution to ban marriage for GLBT people. OutFront Minnesota led the effort to defeat these measures. In 2007, conservative house members and senators introduced new bills for the same anti-marriage amendment but went nowhere in the 2007 session and as of April 2008, have not progressed in the current session either.

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Current map of anti-marriage amendments and laws nationally as of September 2007

Contents:

• Text of the proposed amendment to the Minnesota Constitution
   
• Summary: The debate about marriage in Minnesota.
   
• Marriage in Minnesota
   
• The differences between reciprocal beneficiaries, civil unions, domestic partnerships, and marriage
   
• Talking points against the amendment
   
• Responses to pro-amendment arguments
   
• American Academy of Pediatrics report on the impact of marriage bans on children (PDF 134Kb)