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FILE:AMY KLOBUCHAR FOR GAY MARRIAGE AT THE BIG GAY RACE 2012
She was one of ne Democratic ndidat 2020 foced on lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr rights at a CNN town hall Thursday. * amy klobuchar gay marriage *
Amy Klobuchar and eight other 2020 Democratic ndidat foced on lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr rights at a CNN town hall. And not only did we feat , we took back the state legislature and we passed gay marriage Mnota. Stt Dibble, one of only two openly gay state legislators then, said at the time: “We’ve been punched the gut, but we’re a strong, rilient people.
Her brother--law, Craig, was gay and died of AIDS 1986. Ellison announced his opposn to the amendment early 2011, while Franken starred a Human Rights Campaign ad supportg gay marriage.
In October of 2012, the month before the vote, Klobuchar ma a public speech endorsg the opposn mpaign at the Big Gay Race, a fundraiser anized by Jab Frey (now the mayor of Mneapolis). “I n say for me as a rabbi, and as a gay man, as a dad, as a now hband, I did phone bankg, I showed up at prs nferenc, I showed up at ralli, I spoke on panels, I donated and attend fundraisers and events, I wrote op-eds. But as Klobuchar pursu the pragmatic polics of nstuent service and bipartisan almakg, she fac some tratn on the left, particularly among gay activists and environmentalists who see her playg safe the middle of the road.