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Minnesota State Senator Assumes Being Anti-Gay Is Patriotic | Minnesota State Senator Dan Hall (R) is facing blowback this week after insinuating on Twitter that conservatives — particularly those supporting the state’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage — are naturally more patriotic. On Saturday, Hall tweeted a picture of a house with a U.S. flag covering the entire garage door, adding “What’s my first clue their [sic] #Republican.” On Monday, he tweeted another picture of a home flying an American flag with yard signs supporting the marriage inequality amendment and asked, “Why is it you never see an American flag where you see a Vote No for the Mn #Marriage Amendment sign?” Hall is running for reelection in a newly created district against Democrat Leon Thurman, who opposes the amendment for placing an unconditional limit on “freedom and liberty.”