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'A beautiful victory': Supporters celebrate as Minnesota legalizes gay marriage
pioneer press ^ | 5-15-13 | Megan Boldt; Christopher Snowbeck

Posted on 05/15/2013 4:21:16 AM PDT by TurboZamboni

When momentous events happen like the election of a new president, White Bear Lake resident Laurie Wenker makes sure to get two copies of that day's newspaper to tuck away in memory boxes for her teenage daughters.

She did just that -- and more Tuesday.

Wenker and daughters Eleanor, 16, and Lillian, 13, joined a crowd of an estimated 6,000 people who gathered at the state Capitol to witness Gov. Mark Dayton sign a bill legalizing same-sex marriages in Minnesota.

"I wanted my kids to experience history, to take in and breathe in the equality in the air," Wenker said.

(Excerpt) Read more at twincities.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: barf; dayton; democrats; gay; homosexualagenda; minnesota
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To: peyton randolph

leme take a wild guess Laurie Lenker is gay


21 posted on 05/15/2013 5:15:46 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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"I wanted my kids to experience history...

Woman, what your children will experience is the wrath of God, unless...

22 posted on 05/15/2013 5:23:33 AM PDT by tbpiper
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To: TurboZamboni

I am deeply ashamed of my home state.


23 posted on 05/15/2013 5:26:21 AM PDT by TruthInThoughtWordAndDeed (Yahuah Yahusha)
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To: TurboZamboni

The Gay Mafia wins another state. RIP, traditional marriage.


24 posted on 05/15/2013 5:31:36 AM PDT by windsorknot
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To: TurboZamboni

So the left is up to nearly half of one-half of the states...


25 posted on 05/15/2013 5:36:22 AM PDT by NCLaw441
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To: TurboZamboni

Marriage isn’t a fix for what ails homosexuals.


26 posted on 05/15/2013 5:46:06 AM PDT by pallis
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To: peyton randolph

They don’t care one bit about the “republic.” Their god is their stomach.


27 posted on 05/15/2013 5:51:03 AM PDT by madprof98
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