Group gathers in Bemidji to support Minnesota marriage amendment
October 13, 2012 at 5:37 pm in Grand Forks Herald
A few dozen people gathered Saturday at the Rotary Pavilion on the Lake Bemidji waterfront to rally support for the marriage amendment in the final weeks before the election. Continue Reading
At the forefront of this political effort to suppress the civil rights of a minority is the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (and that august group spent almost $27 million lobbying Washington last year).
The bad news for those bitter old men is that more than 80% of practicing Catholics don’t intend to follow the bishops’ orders on political issues. See: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/catholic-voters-reject-political-influence-of-bishops-173726901.html
How sad it is to see so many people prepared to translate their moral indignation about a no harm issue into law.
My guess is that the tide is turning across the country, and pretty soon, these attempts to legalize bigotry will go the way of “don’t-ask-don’t-tel.” I hope that Minnesota leads the way.
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From the point of view of strategy, I found their lastest tv ad interesting. An attractive woman appealing to “let the voters decide” argument.
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