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<p><a href="/Anarchopedia:LGBT_Wikia_datadump" title="Anarchopedia:LGBT Wikia datadump">Anarchopedia:LGBT Wikia datadump</a></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Paul Koering''' ([[birth|born]] [[1964]] [[December 17]] in [[Brainerd, Minnesota]]) is an American [[politician]] from [[Minnesota]]. A [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]], he represents the rural area of [[Fort Ripley, Minnesota|Fort Ripley]], near [[Brainerd, Minnesota|Brainerd]] in the [[Minnesota Senate]]. He is a liquor store owner and small farmer, as well as a [[Roman Catholic]]. <br /> <br /> He was first elected in 2002, defeating [[Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party|DFLer]] [[Don Samuelson (Minnesota)|Don Samuelson]], who had been the Senate president. He was re-elected - overcoming both primary and general election opponents - in 2006.<br /> <br /> Koering's positions tend to be [[American conservatism|conservative]], including opposition to tax increases, opposition to [[abortion]], support for tougher criminal sentences, and support for broad [[gun rights]], including support for a general right to carry a concealed firearm.<br /> <br /> In a notable exception to his conservatism, he has sided with state Senate DFLers in opposing restrictions on [[gay rights]]. Koering is believed to be the first openly [[gay Republican]] elected official in Minnesota.<br /> <br /> Koering effectively 'outed' himself by breaking from the Republican Party line on a procedural vote in the [[Minnesota Senate]]. The pivotal moment came on [[2005]] [[April 7]] when Minnesota State Senator [[Michele Bachmann]], a Republican known for activism against gay rights, used procedural tactics to that would have forced a vote on her constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage in Minnesota. <br /> <br /> [[2005]] [[April 7]] also happened to coincide with the Gay &amp; Lesbian Day at the Capitol, as well as the second anniversary of the death of Koering's mother.<br /> <br /> Koering explicitly stated his sexual orientation a week later. [http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=79575]<br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> *[http://www.paulkoering.com/ Official website]<br /> {{MN-legdb|10797}}<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> {{lgbt|Paul Koering}}<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Minnesota State Senators]]<br /> [[Category:Gay politicians]]<br /> [[Category:Christian LGBT people]]<br /> [[Category:LGBT politicians from the United States]]<br /> [[Category:Living people]]<br /> [[Category:Gay Republicans (United States)]]</div>

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