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Table
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1.
Special Session Update...
Anti-marriage amendment dragged into special session
budget battle.
2.
Twin Cities Pride...
Read about what we did, what we learned, and how to
get your hands on one of those cool t-shirts!
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Special Session Update
Anti-marriage amendment dragged into special session
budget battle
OutFront Minnesota has learned today that there is a
strong possibility that the proposed constitutional
amendment to prohibit any form of legal status for
same-sex couples and their families (including, but not
limited to, marriage) may be discussed on the floor of
the Minnesota Senate on Thursday, June 30. In the
past, the amendment has not had a lot of traction in
Senate committees, but its proponents continue to push
for a floor vote in the Senate to send the amendment to
Minnesota voters in 2006. It is critical that, once
again, senators hear from fair-minded Minnesotans who
are appalled at this effort to give discrimination
legitimacy by cloaking it in the language of 'letting
the people vote.'
ONE MORE TIME - please act today! Please contact your
state senator to express your opposition to the
amendment (SF 22) and ask your senator to oppose the
constitutional amendment to bar all marriage, civil
unions and all other forms of legal recognition for
same-sex couples.
Don't know who your senator is, or how to contact him or
her?
Click here to
identify your senate district with OutFront's district
finder, and
here if you know your senator, but need the contact
information.
Remember:
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This proposed constitutional amendment will not pave
any highways,
provide any health care, educate any students, or
benefit a single
Minnesotan in any way - but it will harm Minnesota
families, including
families with children.
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Submitting a measure to popular vote that would
withhold rights from a minority is not an act of
democracy; it is an abuse of the democratic
process that constitutions were written to prevent.
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Minnesota borders a nation whose parliament just
this week voted
to legalize marriage equality for same-sex couples,
based in part on the
same principles of equality Americans cherish, and
in part on the fact
that experience shows that doing so harms nobody.
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Report from Twin Cities
Pride
Twin Cities Pride 2005 took place on June 24th & 25th,
and OutFront Minnesota was there to organize, energize,
and, well, socialize. What a treat it was to spend
time with so many happy GLBT and allied folks! As
our popular button said, "Better Gay than Grumpy!"
Thousands of people stopped by the OutFront Minnesota
Pride Pavilion to participate in our marble poll
(results coming soon!), pick up some cool buttons, and
most important of all, sign postcards to their
legislators asking them to put a stop to the proposed
constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage.
OutFront Minnesota would like to extend a huge thanks
to:
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Dunn Bros of Loring Park for sponsoring our
GLBTA Community Coffeehouse at Pride
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Kowalski's, Lunds, and Bruegger's for
donating refreshments for those fabulous parade
canvass volunteers on Sunday morning
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And of course all of our wonderful volunteers
who helped make our outreach at Twin Cities Pride a
huge success.
You can now get those cool
buttons and our sporty green
GET OUT t-shirts on our
website. Go to
https://www.outfront.org/members/order.html to place
your order today.
If
you're in greater Minnesota, don't worry--the buttons
and shirts will be coming your way soon. Here's
where we'll be in the next few months:
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Rochester Pride
July 16-17
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Soul Essence - The Twin Cities GLBT
African-American Pride
August 13-14
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Duluth-Superior Pride
September 3-4
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South Central Minnesota Pridefest
September 17-18
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Looking for something to do?
Look
no further than OutFront Minnesota's
Community Calendar!
OutFront Minnesota's web-based community calendar is THE
place to check for events and happenings this summer.
Are you planning an event that you want the GLBT and
allied community to know about? It's easy to
submit your event! OutFront Minnesota is proud
to offer community organizations this opportunity to
reach others.
Check it out each week for more current events!
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