President Opposes Minnesota's Gay Marriage Amendment

The GOP's war of religion continues. Across the country, state legislatures have sought to restrict access to contraception for women in the name of "religious freedom," a thinly veiled attempt to restrict women's reproductive rights. And in Minnesota, the state is now seeking to restrict the rights of the LGBT community by proposing Amendment One, a law to define marriage as between one man and one woman. The state already has a same-sex marriage ban in place.

But in response, the Obama campaign in Minnesota has come out against the proposed amendment. In a statement from Kristen Sosanie, spokeswoman for the President's election campaign in Minnesota, "While the President does not weigh in on every single ballot measure in every state, the record is clear that the President has long opposed divisive and discriminatory efforts to deny rights and benefits to same sex couples. That's what the Minnesota ballot initiative would do -- it would single out and discriminate against committed gay and lesbian couples -- and that's why the President does not support it."

While the President's stance on gay marriage continues to "evolve" (whatever that means), it's good to see them drawing attention to this issue in Minnesota and the GOP's continued hypocrisy on individual freedom and the question of repressive religious regimes on individual rights.