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In Sleepy Minnesota Suburbs, Church Ladies Launch Gay Marriage Crusade
The southwest Minneapolis suburbs of Minnetonka and Eden Prairie bring to mind Garrison Keillor’s tales from Lake Wobegon: They’re lined with well-maintained homes and tree-lined roundabouts, and home to residents of largely German and Scandinavian ancestry. But the ladies of these towns have quietly begun a revolt — one fought with rainbow flags and a Minnesota nice attitude.
The women, mostly in their 40s and 50s, come from different political parties, religious views, and backgrounds, but they’ve united to fight what many of them call an embarrassment to Minnesota: a proposed constitutional ban on gay marriage that will appear on the ballot this November.
Read more. [Image: Benson Kua/Flickr]
Well done Minnesotans! I’ve always thought that if I couldn’t live in Seattle/Washington, that Minnesota would be acceptable, and so long as there are people like these, I’ll continue to believe that.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m70c76BfgD1qcokc4o1_500.jpg)
In Sleepy Minnesota Suburbs, Church Ladies Launch Gay Marriage Crusade
The southwest Minneapolis suburbs of Minnetonka and Eden Prairie bring to mind Garrison Keillor’s tales from Lake Wobegon: They’re lined with well-maintained homes and tree-lined roundabouts, and home to residents of largely German and Scandinavian ancestry. But the ladies of these towns have quietly begun a revolt — one fought with rainbow flags and a Minnesota nice attitude.
The women, mostly in their 40s and 50s, come from different political parties, religious views, and backgrounds, but they’ve united to fight what many of them call an embarrassment to Minnesota: a proposed constitutional ban on gay marriage that will appear on the ballot this November.
Read more. [Image: Benson Kua/Flickr]
Well done Minnesotans! I’ve always thought that if I couldn’t live in Seattle/Washington, that Minnesota would be acceptable, and so long as there are people like these, I’ll continue to believe that.
