Civil unions: It looks like an uphill fight for compromise idea

A group of Republican lawmakers on Wednesday outlined a civil-union alternative to the controversial gay-marriage legislation cooking at the Capitol this session, but it's unclear whether the compromise measure has enough support to get very far. Republicans who back the civil-union plan - four lawmakers outlined the proposal in front of reporters on Wednesday - said they would vote against gay-m...

MinnPost • Apr 4, 2013

St. Cloud State poll shows slender lead for opponents of marriage amendment

Fifty-one percent of likely voters plan to vote against the proposal to insert a same-sex marriage ban into the constitution, while 44 percent support it. ...

MinnPost • Oct 26, 2012

Capitol rally: putting same-sex marriage into economic terms

Everywhere you go at the state Capitol these days the talk is of the budget, the economic crisis and then the budget again. So when Sen. Scott Dibble, DFL-Minneapolis, speaks at a "Freedom to Marry Day Rally'' Thursday afternoon, he's going to put the subject of same-sex marriage into economic terms. "Why in these hard times would you stand on the necks of couples?'' he will ask....

MinnPost • Feb 12, 2009