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Minnesotans are better than this.

Governor Mark Dayton's reaction as he symbolically vetoed a move to put a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage on the 2012 ballot. He also vetoed a bill that would have prohibited abortion after 20 weeks and another that would have banned the state from paying for abortions for low-income women.

Governor Mark Dayton's reaction as he symbolically vetoed a move to put a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage on the 2012 ballot. He also vetoed a bill that would have prohibited abortion after 20 weeks and another that would have banned the state from paying for abortions for low-income women.

Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.