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The president came out against amendment one. my father came out supporting it. we took out some ads supportingl this. some would say, youre getting involved in politics.ral no. this is a moralssu issue. because a politician takes a moral issue doesnt mean its a political issue.aith and people of faith have to be quiet about it. this is a moral issue.ut were going to speak out on moral issues. is think this was an attempt to intimidate us, or maybe payback, because we spoke out on a moral issue,...

The president came out against amendment one. my father came out supporting it. we took out some ads supportingl this. some would say, youre getting involved in politics.ral no. this is a moralssu issue. because a politician takes a moral issue doesnt mean its a political issue.aith and people of faith have to be quiet about it. this is a moral issue.ut were going to speak out on moral issues. is think this was an attempt to intimidate us, or maybe payback, because we spoke out on a moral issue,...

The president came out against amendment one. my father came out supporting it. we took out some ads supportingl this. some would say, youre getting involved in politics.ral no. this is a moralssu issue. because a politician takes a moral issue doesnt mean its a political issue.aith and people of faith have to be quiet about it. this is a moral issue.ut were going to speak out on moral issues. is think this was an attempt to intimidate us, or maybe payback, because we spoke out on a moral issue,...

Millions of dollars with the ante side having far more money than people trying to pass this, minnesotans said, you know what, we dont want it, and the first state to say, we dont want this constitutional amendment. >> and there was collateral damage. you had the legislature that swung republican in 2010 swung back to the democrats in twelve, which gave them the power to put this into law. >> absolutely. and one of the things that we saw, in other states, where these were on the ballot, republic...

The states that have that gold stripe, they have constitutional amendments that have outlawed gay marriage, but they also have civil unions. so you have a plausible pathway in the foreseeable tufuture to getting to gay marriage in those states. the red states where its banned by constitutional amendment or banned by institute. and new mexico is great, because nothing at all has happened there. when you put that all together, i think if you put those striped states and turned them blue, the green...

Atkinson of nevada, who came out last month on the floor of the state senate, and rachael staszenberger. and if anybody recognizes that last name, the granddaughter of a luminary, harold staszen. rachael, youve been covering this, it is amazing, its a two-area story that started in may of 2011 with republicans in the state legislature there, kind of looking at what the republican national playbook was last decade, which was put these anti-gay marriage things on the ballot, watch the conservative...

Daughter whose mom is very involved and has a father, myself, who is very involved. so she still has her mom and her dad. so thats a blown out argument thats kind of old. >> plus, the argument that she made marriage is only to have kids, versus its a commitment to consenting adults and to a loving relationship and to commit to one another. there are a lot of arguments about, theyre not going to have kids, they cant get married. that makes no sense at all. >> but i think to some extent, the peopl...

Republican votes is very hard fought and hard won. as you know, for some republicans saying any support for same-sex marriage is political suicide. in minnesota, we see that there were four votes for it, by thoughtful republicans. there were two democratic votes against it in the house. we actually have a republican co-author in the minnesota senate from a conservative district, who says, in part, this is sort of a libertarian belief. you know, lets let this happen, its about freedom. so i think...

Minnesotas supporting it. and republicans paid an even larger political price. in that same election, they lost control of both houses of the state legislature to democrats. almost immediately, marriage equality advocates began lining up support. in february, state representative karen clark officially introduced the marriage equality bill, pointing directly to the amendments defeat as a factor. >> we had a trial run with the constitutional amendment and the people of minnesota spoke loudly and ...

Gay marriage in minnesota. and we talk about how the sort of political winds your shifting in the 18 months from when they proposed it to the election. this is one of the messages they went with. this is an ad where they sort of acknowledged the basic popularity of standing up for gay rights and still tried to couch it into an anti-gay marriage message. and this is what they put on the air. >> in my life, ive learned to be open and kind to all people. >> everybody knows somebody whos gay. >> gay...