The Republican dominated Minnesota State Legislature, in the face of the majority of their constituents’ acceptance of the right of Gays and Lesbians to marry, have voted to put a proposal for a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage on the ballot in November 2012. With a law prohibiting same- sex marriage already on the books as the so-called Defense of Marriage Act of 1997, there is no legal justification for such an action and we can only conclude that conservative legislators are once again basing decisions that affect all citizens on their narrow personal moral and religious beliefs. We believe that this clearly contradicts the core principle of separation of church and state held sacred by the very founding fathers these lawmakers claim as role models.
