As I post this, Minnesota’s marriage equality bill should have just been signed into law by Governor Mark Dayton. To celebrate (again! more!), I bring you this charming picture.
I retweeted someone sharing this* yesterday, and Kelly Barnhill (you remember Kelly) responded to let us know that this image was produced by friends of hers. Spunk Design Machine created this for their Poster Offensive. Now I’m sad I didn’t know about the poster offensive when it happened.
Still, I can squee over it now. Because, you know, I needed another reason to be happy about this.
* For those not up on Minnesota icons, see this and this.
Stephanie Zvan is one of the hosts for the Minnesota Atheists' radio show and podcast, Atheists Talk. She serves on the board of Secular Woman. She speaks on science and skepticism in a number of venues, including science fiction and fantasy conventions.
Stephanie has been called a science blogger and a sex blogger, but if it means she has to choose just one thing to be or blog about, she's decided she's never going to grow up. In addition to science and sex and the science of sex, you'll find quite a bit of politics here, some economics, a regular short fiction feature, and the occasional bit of concentrated weird.
Oh, and arguments. She sometimes indulges in those as well. But I'm sure everything will be just fine. Nothing to worry about. Nothing at all.
I am just so… This is awesome, amazing… I have trying to restrain my smiling and tears for the last week.
I am one of those directly affected by this, and I just want to hug every person who helped make this happen.
From those that voted no6 months ago, the ones who suffered and still fought for decades before, to all the reps, senators, the governor and all of their staff… I love you all some h right now….
I didn’t realize the Jolly Green Giant was a Minnesota icon. Two of my home states, Massachusetts and Maryland, are proud of you guys. The others, New Mexico, Illinois, and Ohio, have a lot of catching up to do.
Hey! My adopted “hometown” claims Mr. Bunyan. We have a statue to him and everything. He is totes a “Michigander”. But he loves him some equality, so we can share the love.
I am just so… This is awesome, amazing… I have trying to restrain my smiling and tears for the last week.
I am one of those directly affected by this, and I just want to hug every person who helped make this happen.
From those that voted no6 months ago, the ones who suffered and still fought for decades before, to all the reps, senators, the governor and all of their staff… I love you all some h right now….
I didn’t realize the Jolly Green Giant was a Minnesota icon. Two of my home states, Massachusetts and Maryland, are proud of you guys. The others, New Mexico, Illinois, and Ohio, have a lot of catching up to do.
Hey! My adopted “hometown” claims Mr. Bunyan. We have a statue to him and everything. He is totes a “Michigander”. But he loves him some equality, so we can share the love.
Ho ho ho!
BTW, Donnie, Paul Bunyan is actually from Bemidji, MN. 😉
That is so awesome, and Minnesotan.
Donnie, Paul Bunyan is simply too big for any one state to hold.