NEWS FLASH

Minnesota Equality Activists Raise More Than Double Amendment Proponents | Of the four states facing a ballot initiative on same-sex marriage this November, only Minnesota’s is a constitutional ban. The effort against that amendment, Minnesotans United for All Families, announced this week that they’ve raised $3.1 million just since January compared to the $1.4 million Minnesota for Marriage has raised since mid-2011. In addition, Minnesotans United has fully disclosed all of its donors, most of whom are local to Minnesota, while the anti-gay coalition hides its as much as possible. The National Organization for Marriage is boasting that several companies are remaining “neutral,” but it cannot be ignored that 70 percent of Minnesota’s Fortune 500 companies already offer domestic partner benefits.