Comments on: Minnesota’s marriage ban amendment moves to House floor http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2011/05/18/33240 News, analysis and fact-checking of anti-gay rhetoric Sat, 25 May 2013 18:14:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Stefan http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2011/05/18/33240/comment-page-1#comment-94714 Stefan Thu, 19 May 2011 04:37:30 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=33240#comment-94714 I will be at the rally held tomorrow at the Capital at 10:00 AM! I would also like to point out that Tim Kelly was the lone Republican in the Minnesota House to vote for the same sex couples burial rights bill in 2010 (which was vetoed by Pawlenty). I will be at the rally held tomorrow at the Capital at 10:00 AM!

I would also like to point out that Tim Kelly was the lone Republican in the Minnesota House to vote for the same sex couples burial rights bill in 2010 (which was vetoed by Pawlenty).

]]> By: tim http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2011/05/18/33240/comment-page-1#comment-94691 tim Wed, 18 May 2011 20:54:55 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=33240#comment-94691 <blockquote>we may well win. </blockquote> "We" - who is "we"? Last time I checked you don't live in Minnesota. Now I do. There is an interesting quirk in our Constitutional Amendment process - an amendment will only pass if a majority of ALL votes are in favor of it. So if you don't vote for it or screw it up - the vote counts in the negative. That only helps us - especially with polls as close as they are. And they didn't really run on the economy. They ran on slashing government, resolving the deficit issue and not raising taxes. The problem is - the way they've went about it will massive INCREASE taxes for the three biggest metropolitan areas. A lot of people are getting ticked off and it doesn't look good for the GOP in this state.

we may well win.

“We” – who is “we”? Last time I checked you don’t live in Minnesota. Now I do.

There is an interesting quirk in our Constitutional Amendment process – an amendment will only pass if a majority of ALL votes are in favor of it. So if you don’t vote for it or screw it up – the vote counts in the negative. That only helps us – especially with polls as close as they are.

And they didn’t really run on the economy. They ran on slashing government, resolving the deficit issue and not raising taxes. The problem is – the way they’ve went about it will massive INCREASE taxes for the three biggest metropolitan areas. A lot of people are getting ticked off and it doesn’t look good for the GOP in this state.

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