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Obama lands in Minneapolis today - what will he say about state marriage referendum?



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Folks weren't happy that the President didn't say anything about the anti-gay marriage referendum in North Carolina right before the vote, so it will be interesting to see what happens when Obama speaks in Minnesota today. From AP:
The political impact of President Barack Obama’s support for gay marriage will be tested this fall in Minnesota, where opponents of a proposed gay marriage ban are hoping the president’s enduring popularity here will help persuade skeptical Democrats to vote it down.

Obama’s trip to Minneapolis on Friday comes three weeks after he announced his full support for the right of same-sex couples to wed, and it’s his first trip since then to a state that will definitely have a gay marriage ban on the November ballot. Voters in Washington, Maine and Maryland — three other states Obama won in 2008 — are expected to vote on gay marriage.

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