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Minnesota (/ ˌ m ɪ n ə ˈ s oʊ t ə / ⓘ MIN-ə-SOH-tə) is a state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the south, and North Dakota and South Dakota to the west.
Baker v. Nelson was the first case in the history of the United States in which a same-sex couple sued for marriage rights. In late 1971, the Minnesota Supreme Court affirmed a lower court decision to prohibit marriages between same-sex partners, noting that its interpretation of state law did not violate the Constitution of the United States.
Sept. 11, 2020 [7] Commissioner of Corrections: Paul Schnell Jan. 7, 2019 [8] Commissioner of Education: Willie Jett Jan. 2, 2023 Commissioner of Employment and Economic Development: Matt Varilek June 20, 2023 [9] Commissioner of Health: Brooke Cunningham Jan. 2, 2023 [10] Commissioner of the Minnesota Office of Higher Education: Dennis Olsen ...
Virginia removed the requirement for surgery to change the gender marker in September 2020. [51] Tennessee will not change the sex on a birth certificate under any circumstances. [52] [53] [54] In December 2020, a federal judge invalidated an unconstitutional departmental rule banning sex changes on an individual's birth certificate within Ohio ...
The innermost field was filled with a simplified version of the state seal. Around the seal was a ring of blue ornamented with a wreath of pink-and-white lady's-slippers and a red ribbon, upon which are written the years 1819 and 1893 (for the establishment of Fort Snelling and the first Minnesota flag, respectively).
The penalties include up to 10 years in prison and a maximum fine of $100,000. [130] United States, Michigan: The Michigan Civil Rights Initiative (MCRI), or Proposal 2 (Michigan 06–2), was a ballot initiative that passed into Michigan Constitutional law.
On March 18, 2020, the Maryland legislature voted to repeal its sodomy law. The bill became law in May 2020 without the signature of Governor Larry Hogan . [ 21 ] While the original text of the bill intended to repeal both the state's sodomy law and unnatural or perverted sexual practice law, amendments from the Maryland Senate urged to solely ...