Ellison Hosts Forum On Same-Sex Marriage And Equality

More than 200 people and their stories of love, family and discrimination filled the hall Wednesday night at .

U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison led a panel discussion focused on the proposal to amend Minnesota's state constitution to ban same-sex marriage. That measure will be on the 2012 ballot.

Panelists included Minnesota Sen. Scott Dibble; Monica Meyer, OutFront Minnesota Executive Director; Jann Garofano, a teacher involved with Anoka-Hennepin Education Minnesota; Phillip Miner, director of LGBT programs at the University of Minnesota; and Justin Anderson, an OutFront intern.

Ellison turned the focus of the two-hour forum largely to audience members, who voiced questions, concerns and rallying calls. Ellison left the evening promising other public forums elsewhere in his Fifth District.