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  • Minnesota first state to defeat gay marriage amendment

    11/07/2012 3:39:48 AM PST · by TurboZamboni · 7 replies
    Pioneer Press ^ | 11-7-12 | Dung Belden
    With a majority of the state's precincts reporting early Wednesday, Nov. 7, a proposed constitutional amendment to write man-woman marriage into the constitution has apparently lost. The defeat is historic, making Minnesota the first state to turn back an attempt to write man-woman marriage into a state constitution. The Associated Press said around 1:45 a.m. that the marriage amendment was defeated. But Chuck Darrell of Minnesota for Marriage, the lead group supporting the amendment, wasn't giving up. "No, we're not conceding. There's just too many counties out there," he said. Meanwhile, Richard Carlbom, campaign manager for Minnesotans United for All...