Comments on: Minnesota GOP leaders fall on either side of marriage debate http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2013/02/27/54098 News, analysis and fact-checking of anti-gay rhetoric Tue, 21 May 2013 21:45:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Bose in St. Peter MN http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2013/02/27/54098/comment-page-1#comment-254060 Bose in St. Peter MN Thu, 28 Feb 2013 02:47:12 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=54098#comment-254060 Anderson was speaking up in support of the MN GOP state senator -- Brenden Petersen -- who signed up as a co-sponsor of the marriage equality bill. His is a complicated story of an unflinching Tea Party conservative, not necessarily LGBT-affirming, and yet a straight, married, 20-something with family elders who are LGBT. He represents Anoka County, where headlines have been made by teen suicides and school district fights over bullying prevention. To his credit, Brenden has laughed off Brian Brown's half-million dollar threat to bring him down. Anderson was speaking up in support of the MN GOP state senator — Brenden Petersen — who signed up as a co-sponsor of the marriage equality bill.

His is a complicated story of an unflinching Tea Party conservative, not necessarily LGBT-affirming, and yet a straight, married, 20-something with family elders who are LGBT.

He represents Anoka County, where headlines have been made by teen suicides and school district fights over bullying prevention.

To his credit, Brenden has laughed off Brian Brown’s half-million dollar threat to bring him down.

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