Politics
Concert To Defeat Marriage Amendment Planned
On March 30th local musicians will hold the “Concert to Defeat the Marriage Amendment,” to raise money and awareness towards defeating this discriminatory amendment. Organizer Andrew LaValle, former host of Radio K’s local music program, Off The Record, [...]
Ellen DeGeneres Champions Bully Campaign
Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres has joined Michigan high school student Katy Butler’s campaign urging the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) to drop the “R” rating from the upcoming documentary Bully. A bullied student herself, Butler [...]
Chad Griffin Chosen HRC President
Chad H. Griffin has been appointed as the next president of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest GLBT civil rights organization. A national communications and policy strategist, Griffin is widely credited as the mastermind behind the [...]
Against the Amendment: Q&A – Faith Leaders
The effort to defeat the anti-marriage amendment is strong and reaches communities of faith across Minnesota. This week, we asked faith leaders to tell us what inspires them to oppose the amendment. When I think [...]
Pro-Marriage-Equality Catholics Plan Weekly Vigils at Chancery
Local Catholics will hold weekly vigils at the chancery offices of the Archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis on Sundays in Lent to pray that Archbishop Nienstedt redirect his energies and Archdiocese resources away from the divisive “marriage amendment” and [...]
Big Gay News – February 9, 2012
UK Muslims Convicted in Landmark Gay Hatred Case Reuters reports that three British Muslim men were found guilty in January of anti-gay rhetoric by distributing leaflets calling for the death of homosexuals. The men handed [...]
Against the Amendment: An Interview with Ann Kaner-Roth
Ann Kaner-Roth was appointed executive director at Project 515 in 2010. Prior to 2010, she served as executive director of Child Care WORKS; associate director of the Jewish Community Foundation; and Field Representative for the [...]
Commentary: Politics of Scandal
By Joe McHugh I was born Catholic and hope to die Catholic. Despite its scandals, the church still speaks words of healing, hope and freedom to me. Right now, however, I feel scandalized by how [...]
Commentary: Against the Amendment
December 3rd, 2011 my husband Dean and I celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary. Dean proposed to me on my 40th birthday. After being together for five years, and opening the Wilde Roast Café together, we [...]
Commentary: A Call to Action for Catholics
In 2012, Minnesotans will vote on an amendment to the state constitution that would officially define marriage as an institution between one man and one woman. The Catholic Church, a tax-exempt institution, is getting heavily [...]
