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About This Document: "This amendment does not represent what I went to fight for," [John Kriesel] said in the captol as protesters chanted nearby in the rotunda. "Hear that out there? That's the America I fight for, and Im proud of that," he added, invoking the story of Andrew Wilfahrt, a gay Minnesota soldier who was killed in Afghanistan in early 2011.This swing state on the prairie in many ways represents a microcosm of the nation. Divided in St. Paul between a Democrat in the governors mansion and Republicans in the legislature, Minnesota's government shut down for three weeks last summer, just as the federal government nearly did. The cultural gap between the Twin Cities and"outstate"is vast: whereas the LGBT magazine The Advocate named Minneapolis the "gayest city in America" last year, much of rural Minnesota still resembles Mayberry. The state's members of Congress include both Uberai Democrat Keith Ellison, the only Muslim member of the House, and Tea Party idol Michele Bachmann.In Minnesota, as in other states, about half of voters tell pollsters that they support same-sex marriage rights, which means this fight could go down to the wire. Richard Carlbom, Minnesotans United's campaign manager, believes the campaign will be won through one-onone conversations, not divisive fingerpointing. "We can't lead with language about hatred or bigotry. That turns people ofrT says Carlbom. "The people who will decide this are not haters or bigots, they're conflicted. We need to help people unravel their inner conflict"

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