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Area lawmakers split on gay marriage vote

...Similarly, Kresha was anxious to move on to other legislative business. "Hopefully, we're done with divisive social issues and we start working on the budget," he said.The first-term legislator whose district includes Morrison and parts...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2013-05-09/area-lawmakers-split-gay-marriage-vo
News
Programming from the Staples Public Library

...these students are making the most of their college experiences to better understand themselves, the root causes of social issues, and effective mechanisms for creating lasting change.Central Lakes College Diesel Program student, Ronnie Turshenski...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2013-04-16/programming-staples-public-library
News
The Second Amendment might need some revision

...would fail, and fail again, and again after that. But over time - sometimes decades - attitudes about important social issues do change. Women did get the right to vote. Black people, too. Gays are gaining the right to marry. And cigarettes...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/guest-columns/2013-04-19/second-amendment-mi
Guest Columns
Social issue in St. Paul

Social issue in St. PaulIt continues to astound me how much time is being wasted on divisive social issues in St. Paul as the budget and a still-recovering...unfold, they have been busy advancing social issues. They have brought to the forefront...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/open-forum/2013-03-19/social-issue-st-paul
Open Forum
A dream

...can't get along themselves. If our government spent as much time on making laws and passing budgets instead of arguing social issues this would be a better place. It makes me sad to see our country destroyed like this and to be so powerless to do...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/2013-03-22/dream
Opinion
Group to seek legal gay marriage in Minnesota

...priority, and even some Democrats who support gay marriage rights say the party runs the risk of seeming preoccupied with social issues if lawmakers immediately start considering gay marriage. The group that pushed the gay marriage ban, Minnesota for...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2012-12-20/group-seek-legal-gay-marriage-minnes
News | Political
Clergy View: A light on the horizon beckons in the abortion debate

...lives or dies. But thankfully, a light on the horizon beckons.I may not agree with my younger friends about many social issues but on abortion they have it right. A majority of young people are now against abortion much to the chagrin of their...

http://brainerddispatch.com/lifestyle/religion/2012-07-12/clergy-view-light-hori
Religion
Klobuchar, Bills engage in feisty debate at fair

...warming and energy, agriculture and trade policy, and social issues. The candidates displayed wide differences on fiscal...that separated Klobuchar and Bills. They varied over social issues, too, after an audience question about abortion and...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2012-08-30/klobuchar-bills-engage-feisty-debate
News | Political
Vote no twice

Two important social issues will be addressed on our Nov. 6 ballot as amendments to the Minnesota Constitution. Neither issue should be resolved through...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/2012-10-30/vote-no-twice
Opinion
Minnesota voters turn back gay marriage, photo ID proposals

...that's not why he voted against the ban. "I don't think the constitution should be amended for any reason for a social issue," said Gensch, 34, after voting in St. Louis Park, an inner-ring Minneapolis suburb. "This is marrying church...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/political/2012-11-07/minnesota-voters-turn-back
Political

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