This post was written by former SSL Campaign Manager Adam Gerhardstein in 2011, jsut before marriage equality became law in MN.

Yesterday I put on my yellow Standing on the Side of Love t-shirtfor the first time in a long while (Minnesota winters are not too conducive to t-shirts). I went to the Minnesota state capitol building and rallied against the proposed constitutional amendment that would define marriage as a purely heterosexual privilege. I have only been to a few rallies since I moved to Minnesota from Washington, D.C., but I have noticed that they are very different here.

Here are three things I’ve noticed.