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		<title>Minnesotans United forms political fund to defend gay marriage supporters</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 16:08:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Briana Bierschbach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Minnesotans United for all Families announced Wednesday formation of the MN United PAC, a political action committee that will work to support and re-elect Democratic and Republican legislators who voted in favor of the bill. ]]></description>
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		<title>Dayton signs historic bill to legalize same-sex marriage</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 23:53:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ceremony marked a dramatic shift in Minnesota, where two years ago lawmakers voted to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot to ban gay marriages. Six months ago, voters rejected that amendment by a more than 5 point margin. Come August 1, same-sex couples in the state will be able to apply for wedding licenses and couples married in other states will have their union recognized in Minnesota. ]]></description>
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		<title>Minnesota Senate passes gay marriage 37-30</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2013/05/senate-passes-gay-marriage-37-30/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 21:54:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Briana Bierschbach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All but three members of the Senate DFL caucus voted in favor of the bill -- Dan Sparks of Austin, LeRoy Stumpf of Plummer and Lyle Koenen of Clara City -- while only one Republican senator, bill co-sponsor Branden Petersen, voted in favor of the bill. ]]></description>
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		<title>House passes gay marriage bill 75-59</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 20:54:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Briana Bierschbach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday afternoon the Minnesota House passed its long-watched bill to legalize same-sex marriage by a 75-59 vote that followed roughly three hours of floor debate. ]]></description>
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		<title>Amendment to gay marriage bill could attract more Republican support</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 20:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Briana Bierschbach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[GOP House Rep. David FitzSimmons  introduced an amendment to the gay marriage bill on Wednesday, the eve of a scheduled vote in the House, that would insert the word "civil" in front of any instance of the word "marriage" in state law. The freshman from Albertville says the move provides more religious protections by specifying that the bill is about "the civil aspects" of marriage.]]></description>
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		<title>Decision day: House prepares for gay marriage vote</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2013/05/decision-day-house-prepares-for-gay-marriage-vote/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 19:21:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Briana Bierschbach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Early this week, half a dozen offered no comment on which way they will vote the bill, which is scheduled for a floor vote Thursday. ]]></description>
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		<title>Gay marriage to get a vote on the House floor Thursday</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 15:19:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Briana Bierschbach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The vote in the House will come just six months after voters rejected a proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. House Speaker Paul Thissen has repeatedly said he will not bring the bill to the floor until he has the necessary 68 votes to pass the measure. The Senate is expected to take up the bill after the House, with Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk expressing confidence in its passage there.]]></description>
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		<title>Gay marriage bill clears final House committee ahead of likely vote</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2013/05/gay-marriage-bill-clears-final-house-committee-ahead-of-likely-vote/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 01:11:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Briana Bierschbach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The bill cleared the committee in on a voice vote after a short discussion of a new fiscal note attached to the bill.  Budget officials now estimate a law allowing same-sex couples to wed will cost the state about $688,000 a year to provide health insurance benefits to the spouses of state employees. The proposal is also projected to generate about $10,000 in revenue annually through collections from marriage license fees. ]]></description>
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		<title>Rhode Island now 10th state to allow gay marriage</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2013/05/rhode-island-now-10th-state-to-allow-gay-marriage/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2013/05/rhode-island-now-10th-state-to-allow-gay-marriage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 15:20:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rhode Island has become the nation’s 10th state to allow gay and lesbian couples to wed, after a 16-year effort to extend marriage rights in this heavily Roman Catholic state.

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		<title>Minnesotans United releases TV ad ahead of likely vote on gay marriage</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2013/04/minnesotans-united-releases-tv-ad-ahead-of-likely-gay-marriage-vote/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:55:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Briana Bierschbach</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pro-gay marriage group Minnesotans United for all Families has released its first television ad this session as lawmakers near a likely floor vote on legalizing same-sex marriage.]]></description>
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