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 either the 2007 or 2008 sessions.

Map of anti-marriage amendments and laws nationally including the results of the November 4th, 2008 state ballot initiatives in California, Arizona, and Florida.

Contents:

• Text of the proposed amendment to the Minnesota Constitution
   
• Summary: The debate about marriage in Minnesota.
   
• Marriage in Minnesota
   
• Talking points against the amendment
   
• Responses to pro-amendment arguments
   
• American Academy of Pediatrics report: Impact of marriage bans on children (PDF 134Kb)