Recalls of Pro-Marriage Equality Lawmakers Quashed in Minnesota.

Recall petitions against two DFL legislators who supported gay marriage have been thrown out by Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Lorie Gildea.

The recalls had targeted the two legislators from Brainerd-area districts that had supported the failed gay marriage ban.

Under the state Constitution, elected officials are subject to recall for serious malfeasance or nonfeasance, but the two legislators' actions were not "unlawful or wrongful" conduct, she wrote in the ruling.

The recall petition was launched after Radinovich said he would vote in favor of gay marriage and Ward voted in favor of gay marriage.

http://www.minnpost.com/political-agenda/2013/05/chief-justice-gildea-dismisses-recall-petitions-against-2-legislators-who-s