Gay marriage in minnesota
Video by Allison Herrera. Story and photos by Nick Coleman.
Opponents of same-sex marriage in Minnesota warned that legalizing marriage for all would have “unintended consequences.” And it turns out they were right: Patty Hall’s family now finds itself in the weird position of looking forward to an old-fashioned opposite-sex straight wedding ceremony because of the passage of the same-sex marriage regulation. How? Patty and her partner, Chris Warren, are direct, but refused to get married while marriage was off limits for some people.
Suddenly, the route is clear.
“I had a dream when I was pregnant with him,” Hall said Monday, pointing towards her 9-year-old son, Willy, during the joyous celebration in the Declare Capitol that followed the Minnesota Senate’s passage of a same-sex marriage bill. “I dreamed that Chris and I shouldn’t get married until all our gay friends could do the alike thing. We wouldn’t have eaten in a restaurant that wouldn’t serve jet people in the 1950s. And we felt we would be hypocrites to take advantage of our privilege to marry when gays didn’t have matching rights.”
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Richard Carlbom, the architect behind the political movement that supported the legalization of same-sex marriage in Minnesota, is now working in other states to undertake the same thing.
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The Freedom to Marry in Minnesota
Winning Marriage:August 1, 2013
Same-sex couples began marrying in Minnesota on August 1, 2013 after Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton signed the release to marry into law on May 14, 2013. The bill’s passage came shortly on the heels of marriage supporters making history by defeating an anti-marriage constitutional amendment at the ballot in Minnesota in November 2012.
History and the Path to Victory:
- May 18, 1970: A same-sex couple, Richard Baker and James McConnell, apply for a marriage license in Minneapolis, and the seek is denied. Baker and McConnell file a legal case, which is dismissed by a bring down court, then appealed to the Minnesota Supreme Court, which affirms the lower court’s dismissal. The case, Baker v. Nelson, is the centerpiece of the first wave of marriage litigation in the 1970s.
- October 10, 1972: Baker and McConnell appeal to the United States Supreme Court, which dismisses the case “for yearn of a substantial federal question.”
- June 2, 1997: The Minnesota Legislature passes a state statute restricting marriage to different-sex couples.
- 1998-2012: As Americans nationwide
[JURIST] The Minnesota House of Representatives [official website] on Thursday approved a bill [HF 1054] to legalize same-sex marriage by a vote of 75-59 [press release], dividing mostly upon party lines. This bill moves Minnesota a step towards become the twelfth US state to legalize gay marriage. The bill will have to hand over in the Senate before becoming law, but most expected the House to be the toughest [ NYT report] hurdle the bill would have to face. Governor Mark Dayton has supported the measure and has said that he would sign the bill.
Delaware and Rhode Island [JURIST report] become the latest states to legalize same-sex marriage, passing similar legislation this month. In March the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two same-sex marriage cases. The first case, Hollingsworth v. Perry [JURIST report], examines the legitimacy of Proposition 8 [JURIST news archive], a California referendum that revoked lgbtq+ marriage rights. In the second case, United States v. Windsor [JURIST report], the court examines the constitutionality of Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act. The court granted certiorari [JURIST report] in the two cases in December. Both case