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Minnesota's Roman Catholic bishops are urging churchgoers to donate money for television ads in support of a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage.

A new Star Tribune Minnesota Poll shows Minnesotans are about evenly divided over a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage. Six weeks before Election Day, 49 percent of the likely voters polled supported the proposed amendment, while 47 percent opposed it.

Former Gov. Jesse Ventura is speaking out against a gay marriage ban on the Minnesota ballot. The former Independence Party governor and longtime gay rights supporter appears in a video posted online Friday by Minnesotans United for All Families, the main group working to defeat the proposed constitutional amendment.

Opponents of Minnesota's proposed constitutional amendment banning gay marriage may be winning the money race but supporters say they're confident voters will approve it anyway.

The leaders of one of Minnesota's largest companies say they are opposing a proposed constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage in the state. In a letter to employees and the public, Ken Charles, vice president of global diversity and inclusion, wrote the company doesn't believe the proposed ban is in the best interests of their employees or the state's economy.

Supporters of a marriage amendment on Minnesota's November ballot aren't too happy with the Target Corp. The Minneapolis retail chain is selling "Pride" T-shirts on its website to raise funds for a marriage equality group.

Poll after poll shows public support for same-sex marriage steadily increasing, to the point where it's now a majority viewpoint. Yet in all 32 states where gay marriage has been on the ballot, voters have rejected it.

Supporters of same-sex marriage in Minnesota say they're undeterred by passage of a constitutional amendment in North Carolina that defines marriage solely as a union between a man and woman.

A group that supports amending Minnesota's Constitution to prohibit gay marriage has filed paperwork needed to begin raising campaign donations. Minnesota for Marriage filed late last week with the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board.