The City of Mankato last week approved
a resolution objecting to a proposed amendment which would ban gay
marriage in Minnesota, making it the 12th city to do so.
Council members voted 4-1 last Monday,
with 2 abstaining, to oppose the amendment.
Minnesotans United for All Families,
the campaign to defeat the measure in November, cheered the vote in a
statement.
“In the face of increasingly
misleading and negative tactics from those seeking to pass the
marriage amendment and limit the freedom to marry in Minnesota, the
decision of the Mankato City Council to oppose the amendment is
exciting news,” the
group said. “We applaud them for taking this bold and
important stance – each time a city, business or community of faith
weighs in on this debate, it sparks even more conversations about
what marriage means and who should have the freedom to participate in
it.”
According to a Public Policy Polling
survey
released in June, more Minnesota voters now oppose passage of the
amendment than support it, with 49 percent opposed and 43 percent in
favor.
(Related: Thomson
Reuters says Minnesota gay marriage ban bad for business.)