rock on c-freak

Way to fight the good fight.  I would love to help but I'm to busy trying to hold together my heterosexual marriage.  I was fine until Iowa and Vermont went one right after the other. I swear if one more state sees the light, I'll be looking for a good lawyer.

Well, again, free lance actions are putting the fight in jeopardy. I am friends with one of the couples involved with Marry Me Minnesota, but I think that their tactics are damaging to their cause. I predict they will win their fight, and then we will see a constitutional amendment to prohibit same sex marriage in Minnesota. 

And, as much as I understand the urge to go on MPR and challenge this woman, I think C-freak has, essentially, tipped the hand of the lawsuit. Marry Me Minnesota is already under financed and out gunned by national organizations who oppose gay marriage. And now, thanks to this call, they have lost any element of surprise. 

It is one thing to fight the good fight, but it must also be coordinated with the efforts of the War. Undisciplined troops may win battles, some of the time, but they often lose campaigns..

Here, you can sign this molotov cocktail...

Kokigami - the religious right has put a lot of time and money into researching those that oppose their views. I'm sure they already knew about Marry Me Minnesota. The whole point of MMM is to spread the word to get donations for the cause, not be a secret "attack weapon". C-Freak's mention of the cause will bring a lot of people to the site, like me, who went there looking for a link and made a donation to the cause.

Hi everyone - 

This is Jesse Dykhuis - one of the three couples that is Marry Me Minnesota.  I applaud C-Freak for her bold statements today on the radio.  I wish more people weren't afraid to call it like it is. 

I wanted to take a minute out of my life and respond directly to comments made by kokigami. I'm not sure which of the three couples you are friends with - but you are working under several serious misconceptions about who we are and what we are doing. 

First of all -  I invite you to put down your crib sheet plagarized from Outfront's website and think about what you are saying.  Perhaps you don't read the local newspaper or any of the Minneapolis independents.  Marry Me Minnesota is NOT operating under any pretense of secrecy.  My partner Lindzi and I have had two substantial articles written just about our efforts, and Doug Benson has done interviews with multiple Cities area publications.  We have a presence on Facebook and advertising all over Duluth and the Twin Cities Metro.  We have hired a big name attourney to represent us and are screaming it from the roof-tops.  

Of course we are underfunded.  We are 6 people with families and jobs and big dreams.  Right now raising the money is the only thing standing between us and getting the lawsuit filed.  Stay tuned to our Fecebook Cause page for local fundraising efforts and a donation link.

Doug Benson, the founder of Marry Me Minnesota, has singlehandedly proposed the piece of Marriage Equality legislation that has the best chance of seeing its way out of committee this session.  Outfront has paraded onto the road paved by Mr. Benson's hard work and years of tireless lobbying efforts. I'm not sure who you think "the war" is and what efforts you  think we are thwarting by taking some action for our civil rights - Our effort is multi-pronged and driven by the desire to stop hearing "the time isn't right" from the major organizations.  If you are referring to the pursuing of a judical order rather than a legislative battle, we are doing both, and until this week exactly ZERO states had achieved marriage equality by legislative means. If the judges across this country agree that denying same sex couples the right to marry in unconstitutional, what makes you so sure the voting people will disagree?  What happened in California is a setback - not the final word.

Fear of a constitutional amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman?  No fear here.  In case you hadn't noticed the gays already can't get married.  

Eventually we will have their civil rights and I will proudly explain to my children that I got out and did everything I could for what I believed was right.  Enjoy explaining to yours that all you had to offer was misguided criticisms of our hard work.

Go Carolyn! You are a hero to Marry Me Minnesota - Duluth!