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Today is the day mar­riage equal­ity could become real­ity. I’m not going to leave it to chance quite yet…

…so I just sent a thank-you note to my rep­re­sen­ta­tive, Frank Horn­stein (61A), and my sen­a­tor (and chief author), Scott Dib­ble (61), for their efforts in pur­su­ing mar­riage equal­ity in Minnesota.

Also, I sent notes to sev­eral Repub­li­can sen­a­tors (right), whom have been iden­ti­fied as pos­si­ble “yes” votes by Min­nesotan Repub­li­cans for the Free­dom to Marry on Face­book, to thank them for their thought­ful con­sid­er­a­tion of the bill and also to urge them to VOTE “YES!” I encour­age you to do the same. Feel free to use what I wrote (end of post!).

Finally, the Sen­ate will con­vene at 12 noon today at the State Capi­tol, at which point it will shortly pro­ceed to the floor debate on the mar­riage equal­ity bill. Join me and many other happy peo­ple ral­ly­ing for sup­port as this bill faces its final hur­dle! (After that, it’s just the Governor’s sig­na­ture, and we know that he sup­ports this bill.) Find more event infor­ma­tion here.

Here’s the list of sen­a­tors and their emails:

Sen. Julie Rosen
sen.julie.rosen@senate.mn

Sen. Karin Hous­ley
sen.karin.housley@senate.mn

Sen. Dave Sen­jem
sen.david.senjem@senate.mn

Sen. Jeremy Miller
sen.jeremy.miller@senate.mn

Sen. Bran­den Petersen (bill co-sponsor)
sen.branden.petersen@senate.mn

Sen. John Ped­er­son
sen.john.pederson@senate.mn

Sen. Carla Nel­son
sen.carla.nelson@senate.mn

Sen. Julianne Ort­man
sen.julianne.ortman@senate.mn

Sen. Car­rie Ruud
sen.carrie.ruud@senate.mn

Hi Sen­a­tor Last Name,

I am writ­ing you as a life­long Min­nesotan to show sup­port for the bill that you will be debat­ing and vot­ing on later today that would pro­vide the free­dom to marry to all cou­ples in Minnesota.

I know you have likely heard from hun­dreds, if not thou­sands, of peo­ple who want you to vote one way or another on this issue.

I truly believe, in the words of Mar­tin Luther King, Jr., “the arc of the moral uni­verse is long, but it bends towards jus­tice.” Min­nesota can be the 12th state to cre­ate a more just and per­fect Union in the United States.

I urge you to vote for justice—vote “yes!”—and I also would like to thank you for your thought­ful con­sid­er­a­tion of this bill, no mat­ter the way you ulti­mately vote.

Good luck!