Updated, May 14, 7:30 p.m. Mnota Gov. Mark Dayton signed a bill Tuday that legaliz gay marriage, makg the state the 12th to do so.
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- MNOTA GAY AND LBIAN UPL WEDDG UNTDOWN
- IN HISTORIC VOTE, MNOTA HOE APPROV GAY MARRIAGE BILL 75-59
- ON THE EVE OF GAY MARRIAGE, NOT ALL OF MNOTA IS READY
- MARRIAGE EQUALY MNOTA: A GAY-RIGHTS VICTORY THE MIDWT
MNOTA GAY AND LBIAN UPL WEDDG UNTDOWN
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Stt Dibble, DFL-Mneapolis, left, sponsor of the gay marriage bill the Mnota Senate, and his partner Richard Leyva greet a large, joyo crowd as they arrive at the Mnota State Capol St. On May 13, before a Mnota Senate bate on a bill that would make Mnota the 12th state to legalize gay marriage and the first to pass such a measure out of s Garv / The St.
IN HISTORIC VOTE, MNOTA HOE APPROV GAY MARRIAGE BILL 75-59
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Pl Pneer Prs via APMay 13, 2013, 10:51 PM UTCThe Mnota Senate gave fal approval on Monday to a bill that will make the state the 12th the Uned Stat to allow same-sex upl to marry and only the send the majory Democrat state Senate voted 37-30 to approve the bill legalizg gay marriage, puttg Mnota on the verge of beg the third state the natn to approve same-sex nuptials May after Rho Island and state Hoe approved the measure last week.
ON THE EVE OF GAY MARRIAGE, NOT ALL OF MNOTA IS READY
Mnota will jo Iowa as the only other Midwtern state to perm gay marriage and the first to do so through legislatn. Two years ago, Republins ntrolled both chambers and bypassed the ernor to put forward a ballot measure that would have ma the state's current ban on gay marriage part of the state nstutn.
MARRIAGE EQUALY MNOTA: A GAY-RIGHTS VICTORY THE MIDWT
But the past year, gay rights advot won a seri of November, Mae, Maryland and Washgton state beme the first stat to approve same-sex marriage at the ballot marriage is also legal Massachetts, Connecticut, New York, Vermont and New Hampshire.
The lg means gay and lbian upl who are legally married will be able to take advantage of feral tax breaks, pensn rights, and other benefs that are available to other married upl. SF977, and HF2027/SF1826 were troduced to prohib homosexual marriage. HF3016/SF1674 were troduced and stated that Mnota would not regnize homosexual marriag performed other stat.