Jim Abeler on Civil Rights

Government shouldn't redefine marriage

Abeler: Strongly Agree

No state authorization of same-sex marriage

Legislative summary: An act relating to marriage; providing for civil marriage between two persons (replacing the current definition of "a man and a woman"); providing for exemptions and protections based on religious association.

Rated 0% by MN-OAP on positions on racial equity

Minnesota Organizing Apprenticeship Project description:: "OAP was one of the first organizations in the United States to create a training program capable of teaching organizing across some of the traditional lines that divide communities and organizations. Created in 1993, our original mission was to improve the quality of community organizing in Minnesota by working to increase the number, diversity of and relationships between skilled community organizers. OAP's founders were a group of organizers, community and foundation leaders who saw a need for a larger, and more diverse group of trained organizers to work with the rapidly changing communities of Minnesota."

Define marriage as one-man-one-woman

An section shall be added to the Minnesota Constitution article XIII, to read:
• Only a union of one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in Minnesota.
• The proposed amendment must be submitted to the people at the 2012 general election as: "Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to provide that only a union of one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in Minnesota?"