Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2007
Publication Information
33 William Mitchell Law Review 1059 (2007)
Abstract
The proposed marriage discrimination amendment to the Minnesota Constitution is profoundly anti-democratic. It is extremely wide-ranging in its scope, it obliterates the opportunity of the LGBT community to legislatively advance its interests in the area, it falsely assumes characteristics of the state judiciary that do not in fact exist, and it is drafted with language that is particularly hostile to LGBT concerns and democracy in general. It was a triumph for reason and democracy that this amendment was defeated in 2006. It should never be introduced again. In the unfortunate event that it is introduced again, it should be resoundingly defeated.
Repository Citation
Winer, Anthony S., "How a Marriage Discrimination Amendment Would Disrespect Democracy in Minnesota" (2007). Faculty Scholarship. 20.
https://open.mitchellhamline.edu/facsch/20
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