atkinson of nevada, who came out last month on the floor of the state senate, and rachael staszenberger. and if anybody recognizes that last name, the granddaughter of a luminary, harold staszen. rachael, you ve been covering this, it is amazing, it s a two-area story that started in may of 2011 with republicans in the state legislature there, kind of looking at what the republican national playbook was last decade, which was put these anti-gay marriage things on the ballot, watch the conservatives come out, and win and get elected with them. they put it on the ballot in november of 2012 and something very different happened. i would say it s been a ten-year story. we ve been seeing constitutional amendment proposals in minnesota. michele bachmann was very primary in some of those early on. and finally the republicans took over the house and the senate and they passed this amendment to the ballot. and after a really long and intense campaign, spending