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Gay Group 'Sorry' for Killing Lawmaker's Marriage

Pens sarcastic letter after affair prompts gay marriage opponent Amy Koch to quit

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 23, 2011 11:07 AM CST

(Newser) – After a married Minnesota state senator was caught in an "inappropriate relationship" with a male staffer, she quit her post as majority leader. And because Amy Koch was a staunch opponent of gay marriage who had pushed to amend the state constitution toward that end, the local gay community is not exactly sympathetic, notes City Pages. It issued an open letter to her with an apology—off the charts on the sarcasm scale—for ruining her marriage.

"We apologize that our selfish requests to marry those we love has cheapened and degraded traditional marriage so much that we caused you to stray from your own holy union for something more cheap and tawdry," writes a gay group leader. "It is now clear to us that if we were not so self-focused and myopic, we would have been able to see that the time you wasted diligently writing legislation that would forever seal the definition of marriage as being between one man and one woman, could have been more usefully spent reshaping the legal definition of adultery.'" BoingBoing has the full letter.

Former Minnesota Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch.
Former Minnesota Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch.   (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Jim Gehrz, File)
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Dale
Dec 24, 2011 8:15 AM CST
The gay community got exactly what it was looking for. No sorrow here. 
carson
Dec 23, 2011 8:32 PM CST
it doesnt matter if this womans marriage failed...are we to assume homosexual couples will not experience infidelity...marriage is a commitment between a man and a woman to assure children have two parents...you can divide your community property...you can not divide a child
Cat-Lover
Dec 23, 2011 7:03 PM CST
I'll bet she left his money on the dresser when she left in the morning.
 

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