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Nathaniel Finch

Vadnais Heights, MN
Commenter for
1 year 19 weeks

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Posted on 02/20/13 at 10:46 am in response to State Rep. Mary Franson wants to repost legal ban on employers' demand for passwords

Who would want to work for a company that would ask for your social media passwords? A place that would ask for that is not a place you want to work. Simple refuse. If they insist, walk away. You may need a job, but how much abuse do you want to accept to get one? If they will violate your privacy in that way, you know they won't respect you in other ways either.

Posted on 01/15/13 at 05:00 pm in response to Electronic pull-tab revenue is nowhere near projections

Mr. Hamilton is upset that Rep. Jean Wagenius will chair a committee with agricultural oversight. I was a constituent of Ms. Wagenius for many years and observed her actions in the legislature closely. I think it would be hard to find a more conscientious, intelligent, and fair-minded representative to serve on any committee. Her concerns and interests extend far beyond the metro area. Coincidentally, she never resorts to the name-calling and attention-seeking that's found in Mr. Hamilton's...

Posted on 10/12/12 at 09:56 am in response to Determined opposition to same-sex marriage shows indifference to human hardship

How about we trade? You get to have a civil union and I (a gay man) get to have a marriage. Separate but equal is never really equal. Sounds like you want to have some kind of second-class relationship status for same-sex couples. And we should be happy about that? Giving civil unions the same benefits and responsibilties as a marriage will require changing hundreds of laws. How long do you think it would take to get all that through the legislature, with Republican leadership balking at...

Posted on 10/05/12 at 03:18 pm in response to Remember Ralph Reed? He's back — and helping Minnesota marriage amendment supporters

I think a constitutional amendment to keep Ralph Reed out of the state would promote the common good. Moreso than anything we've got on the ballot now.

Posted on 10/03/12 at 10:31 am in response to NOM, which hasn't named donors in MN, loses disclosure case in Maine

I'm a gay man who has had letters to the editor published in local papers. Every time I have written on gay-related issues I have received harrassing letters and phone calls as a result - some of them downright frightening. This harrassment seems to have been a coordinated effort to silence my voice. If money is speech, why shouldn't donors to campaigns to outlaw same-sex marriage be required to reveal their names as well? Why should they be free from harrassment when I am not? Gay people...

Posted on 09/19/12 at 10:34 am in response to At the Capitol, Nienstedt, other clergy underscore marriage-amendment support

Nienstedt says, “This is not intended to be hurtful to anyone.” All intentions aside (and Nienstedt is not being very explicit about his intentions), this amendment IS hurtful to a great many families in Minnesota - same-sex couples and their families, nuclear and extended. And it's hurtful to the fabric of our communities as a whole. A slight to one is a slight to all. If Nienstedt is incapable of seeing that, he does not have the emotional intelligence and sensitivity to lead a community...

Posted on 08/30/12 at 04:07 pm in response to Fairgoers vent their political views

Mr. Johnson, do you know any actual GLBT people? Do they tell you this is their goal? Why don't you give the folks at Minnesotans United for All Families and ask to speak to an actual GLBT person. They can tell you why they care about this issue. This amendment hurts real people with real families. Educate yourself. You might be surprised.

Posted on 08/28/12 at 09:24 am in response to Supreme Court affirms legislative control of constitutional amendment process

All the Pawlenty appointees ruled with the majority on these cases. The non-Pawlenty justices dissented. A partisan decision by a partisan court. T-Paw didn't just leave us deteriorating bridges. It will take a generation to undo the damage he did to this state if it can be undone at all.

Posted on 08/24/12 at 03:09 pm in response to Mitt in Minnesota: 'Big business doing fine'

R'Money wants to "keep this country the shining city on a hill." This comes from a speech by Puritan John Winthrop on his way to Massachusetts Bay Colony, where he participated in the practices of hanging Quakers and cutting off the ears of people who didn't toe the Puritan line. Yeah, that's the kind of America we want and R'Money's just the guy to make it happen.

Posted on 08/27/12 at 09:28 am in response to Romney's two Minnesota appearances raise estimated $875K

People paying $50K just for one dinner with R'Money?! This morning I was debating whether I could afford to contribute $200 to the fight against the marriage discrimination amendment - something that affects me deeply and personally. Then I see that some people can drop $50K on one dinner. Where does all that money come from and why is so little of it trickling down to people like me? There's something deeply wrong in this society.