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Support for Gay Marriage Rises
Friday, 04 November 2011 19:33
Poll: Support for gay marriage continues to rise
David Lauter - latimes.com - November 3, 2011
Public acceptance of same-sex marriage has grown at an accelerating pace, with approval jumping by nine percentage points in the past two years and the nation now evenly divided on the issue, according to a new Pew Research Center survey released Thursday.
The poll, conducted in late September and early October, showed 46% of Americans surveyed support legalizing same-sex marriage and 44% are opposed. The survey among 2,410 adults has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 percentage points.
It is one of several released this year showing the public evenly divided or very narrowly favoring same-sex marriage rights.
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MN GOP Fighting Anti-gay Amendment
Monday, 10 October 2011 08:26
Some in Minnesota GOP fighting anti-gay marriage amendment
published - inforum/Fargo/Moorhead - 10/06/2011 - Don Davis
ST. PAUL – Some well-known Minnesota Republicans announced Thursday that they will fight the proposed anti-gay marriage constitutional amendment, a proposal their party strongly supports.
“I’m Republican because I believe in individual liberty and freedom,” Rep. John Kriesel said. “I believe this is an attack on that.”
The Cottage Grove lawmaker famously was one of four state House Republicans to vote last May against putting the issue on the November 2012 ballot. He and the other Republicans said Thursday the state constitution should not be amended with such a provision.
“I am against adding things to the constitution willy-nilly,” Kriesel said.
The best-known Republican to say he will fight the amendment is 85-year-old Wheelock Whitney, who long has been a visible GOP supporter and has run for statewide office. On Thursday, the businessman announced he donated $10,000 to defeat the amendment and will solicit more contributions.
Whitney, who has a gay son and a gay grandson, said there is nothing in his Republican bones to support banning a marriage.
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Hate Crimes Prevention Act - Topic of recent Sioux Falls Meeting
Monday, 03 October 2011 20:11
Prosecutors laud update to federal hate crimes act
Argus Leader - Beth Wischmeyer - Sept. 28, 2011
Federal prosecutors say hate crimes inflict great harm against society, and a recently passed act helps further ensure the safety and civil rights of Americans.
U.S. Attorney Brendan Johnson and Assistant U.S. Attorney Kevin Koliner held an information session Wednesday in Sioux Falls about the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, which was signed into law by President Obama in late 2009.
"It's a very important piece of federal legislation that, in my view, was kind of passed with a whisper in late 2009," Koliner said. "This was really an act that took 20 years of hard work of various, very brave legislators to get this passed."
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