Waiting For Marriage Vote Tally "Deeply Personal," says Local Rabbi
One of Shir Tikvah's spiritual leaders reflects on November's same-sex marriage victory.
On Nov. 6, hundreds of people crowded into a ballroom at the St. Paul River Centre, waiting intently for the outcome of the election. More important to them than any presidential race, though, was Minnesota's vote on a constitutional amendment that would have banned same-sex marriage. Projectors turned one wall into a pair of giant televisions streaming television news channels, to which 90 percent of eyes in room were glued. Emotions ran high among the assembled activists. Each twitch in the election returns splashed on the screens caused great waves of cheers or ripples of gasps in the crowd. For Lynnhurst synagogue Shir Tikvah's Rabbi Michael Adam Latz, the entire evening was a deeply personal affair, despite the leading role he and …
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Frank Drake
1:11 pm on Friday, June 24, 2011
I have no opinion on Gay rights. I believe everyone has freedom of Association currently. I merely copy and pasted the Cleon Skousen Adgenda at the height of the Cold War. Society has merely turned Fiction into reality. more ›