November 21, 2003 - The issue of gay marriage has elicited a strong response from our listeners. Several of you called our comment line yesterday after we aired a National Public Radio commentary by Stanley Kurtz.... who opposes gay marriage. Kurtz said gay marriages... by definition can't produce children... and allowing them would undermine what he calls the "symbolic link" between marriage and parenthood. That... he says... would lead to more out-of-wedlock births and more family disillusionment. He says this has already happened in Scandanavian countries.. where gay marriages have been allowed for a decade. But this listener... from Minneapolis... questions the comparison to Scandanavian countries.
November 19, 2003 - Governor Tim Pawlenty is taking his prescription drug importation plan to Washington. Pawlenty will testify before the Senate Commerce Committee tomorrow morning at the invitation of chairman Senator John McCain. Pawlenty is the only Republican governor to actively push the idea of importing drugs from Canada. Larry Jacobs is a political science professor at the University of Minnesota who follows the politics of health care. He's also the author of the book "The Health of Nations." Jacobs says the importation issue comes at a good time for Pawlenty.
November 19, 2003 - The National Transportation Safety Board says the cause of the crash that killed Senator Paul Wellstone and 7 others was a result of pilot error. The crash happened in October of last year during the heat of Wellstone's campaign for a 3rd term. The NTSB said the plane lost air speed, and the aerodynamic lift required to keep the plane in the air, as it approached the airport in Eveleth. The Board also agreed with investigator's findings that the pilots lacked proper training in crew coordination. Former Wellstone campaign director Jeff Blodgett says the findings of the report are difficult to take.
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October 3, 2003 - The Minnesota National Guard is putting another 150 members on alert that they could be activated, and become participants in Operation Iraqi Freedom. If they are deployed, the Minnesota Guard will have about 3-thousand members on active duty overseas, or in training for duty overseas. The Minnesota National Guard's Colonel Denny Shields says the 150 members put on alert are currently based in Monticello, and the next step for them would be to train extensively to carry out their duties.
October 3, 2003 - To: Morning Edition Listeners From: Mark Seeley Re: Topics for MPR's Morning Edition, Friday, October 3, 2003 This first part is an update he sent after sending his regular note: Dear all, Plenty of frost this morning....and some record lows around the