Politics & Government

Dibble Introduces MN Same-Sex Marriage at MN Senate: 'A Very Simple Bill'

Southwest Minneapolis' state representative introduced his gay-marriage bill at the Minnesota Senate Monday.

Minnesota state Sen. Scott Dibble (DFL-Minneapolis) introduced his bill to legalize same-sex marriage Monday afternoon at the Minnesota Senate.

Dibble called it "a very simple bill. ... Sometimes the simplest bills are the most powerful."

After reading through the bill's language, substituting the version passed by the Minnesota House of Representatives on May 9, 2013, Dibble concluded by saying that the bill "is not as earth-shattering as folks might think."

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