Do you know someone who lives in Minnesota? More specifically, do you know someone who votes in Minnesota? PLEASE CONTACT THEM AND URGE THEM TO VOTE NO ON THE MARRIAGE AMENDMENT! You can find more specific talking points here. In fact the entire Minnesotans United for All Families site is pretty fantastic.
As you might know, I spent my teen age years in a suburb of St. Paul and make several trips a year to Minnesota to visit my friends and family (as far away from the winter months as possible, of course). Therefore I will take tremendous pride when Minnesota (God willing joined by Maine, Maryland and Washington) becomes a state that stands up for equality for all her citizens!
(Also read this interesting article by Tom Friedman, a Minnesotan, in the New York Times.
And meanwhile, back in California, we wait for the Supreme Court…