October 25, 2012 - Minnesotans are involved in a passionate debate about marriage during 2012 election season. The two sides began squaring off more than 40 years ago. This project draws from MPR's extensive audio archive to explore the origins of this election day showdown over same-sex marriage.
November 4, 2008 - Michele Bachmann victory speech from 12:45 am. Election night.
September 2, 2008 - Republican National Convention Day 2. Michele Bachmann speaks to RNC.
January 4, 2007 - Today in Washington, three new members of the House from Minnesotan will be sworn into office. The three will bring diverse backgrounds and political ideologies to Congress. But Keith Ellison, Tim Walz and Michelle Bachman all say they'll keep the interests of Minnesotans in the forefront as they begin their careers in Congress. MPR’s Mark Zdechlik presents this profile on them.
June 2, 2006 - Michelle Bachmann speech at GOP state convention
April 4, 2006 - MPR’s Tom Scheck reports that a committee in the Minnesota Senate has rejected a proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage and its legal equivalents in Minnesota.
March 23, 2006 - MPR’s Tim Pugmire reports on a "People of Faith” rally at the Minnesota State Capital, where opponents of a proposed constitutional amendment to define marriage as between one man and one woman gathered at the state Capitol.
April 7, 2005 - MPR’s Michael Khoo reports that the Minnesota Senate upended an attempt to force a vote on a constitutional ban on same-sex marriages. The legislation would allow voters to decide whether to amend the state constitution to define marriage as between a man and a woman.
May 28, 2004 - Mainstreet Radio's Tim Post profiles Cody Rogahn and Jonathan Yarbrough, a couple from west-central Minnesota that became one of the first same-sex couples to take advantage of the new Massachusetts law allowing gay couples to wed.
April 2, 2004 - On this Midday program Sen. Scott Dibble, DFL-Minneapolis, and Sen. Michele Bachmann, R-Stillwater, discuss the gay marriage issue in Minnesota. Bachmann supports a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, and Dibble opposes it. Listeners call in with questions.