Not everything is for you: Notes on pluralism during Pride

By: Richard Hurst

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: June 24, 2026

Words: 1,098

Last Updated: 4 weeks, 1 day ago

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Minnesota’s governor has officially proclaimed June Pride Month. The proclamation is not a catechism. It is part of the state’s commitment to pluralism.

Minnesota has long depended on a particular civic habit: People who disagree about fundamental questions nevertheless share public institutions. The state includes churches, mosques, synagogues, secular neighborhoods, immigrant communities, tribal nations, and one of the nation’s most visible LGBTQ populations.

Public life works not because these groups agree with one another …

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