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Mark Brandt Dayton (born January 26, 1947) was a Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party U.S. Senator from Minnesota who serv
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An estimated 6,000 people gathered at the State Capitol where Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton signed the gay marriage bill, Tuesday, May 14, 2013, in St. Paul, Minn. Minnesota becomes the 12th state to legalize gay marriage.
A crowd gathers at the State Capitol where Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton signed the gay marriage bill, Tuesday, May 14, 2013, in St. Paul, Minn. Dayton s signature on the bill ended an intense two years for gay marriage supporters and opponents in this Midwestern state, which swung from a failed push to constitutionally ban same-sex weddings into a successful bid to becoming the 12th state to affirm them.
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton signs the gay marriage bill in front of the State Capitol Tuesday, May 14, 2013, in St. Paul, Minn. Minnesota becomes the 12th state to legalize gay marriage. Sponsors of the bill, Sen. Scott Dibble, second from left, and Rep. Karen Clark, right, both gay lawmakers, watch.
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton signs the gay marriage bill in front of the State Capitol Tuesday, May 14, 2013, in St. Paul, Minn. Minnesota becomes the 12th state to legalize gay marriage. Looking over Dayton\'s shoulder are bill sponsors, Sen. Scott Dibble and Rep. Karen Clark.
Mark Winiecki of Forest Lake, Minn., displays his opposition to Monday\'s passage of the gay marriage bill on the steps of the State Capitol Tuesday, May 14, 2013, in St. Paul, Minn. Gov. Mark Dayton will sign the bill, passed largely by the Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) controlled Legislature, in front of the Capitol early Tuesday evening.
FILE - In this May 9, 2013 file photo, gay marriage sponsors Rep. Karen Clark, right, and Sen. Scott Dibble celebrate after the Minnesota House passed the gay marriage bill in St. Paul, Minn. The two openly gay Minnesota state lawmakers, who respectively sponsored the measure in the state House and Senate, prepared to watch Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton sign the bill in a ceremony Tuesday, May 14, 2013, on the front steps of Minnesota s Capitol.
An estimated 6,000 people gathered at the State Capitol where Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton signed the gay marriage bill, Tuesday, May 14, 2013, in St. Paul, Minn. Minnesota becomes the 12th state to legalize gay marriage.
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