Speaker Kurt Zellers, top, bows his head in prayer as Chaplain Gordy St. Dennis opens the House with a prayer Saturday, May 21, 2011 in St. Paul, Minn., one day after Zellers apologized for the presence of a controversial minister who gave Friday's opening prayer. Lawmakers are working Saturday with less than three days left in the legislative session, as the Capitol fills with demonstrators on gay marriage and budget cuts.
AP Photo/Jim Mone
Lawmakers are working Saturday with less than three days left in the legislative session, as the Capitol filled with demonstrators on gay marriage and budget cuts.
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Demonstrators waved their signs in the rotunda during a Peoples Rally for a Fair Minnesota Saturday, May 21, 2011 in St. Paul, Minn., while both sides of marriage amendment gather, background, outside the Minnesota House chamber where the legislature's session is nearing its end.
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Speaker Kurt Zellers, top, bows his head in prayer as Chaplain Gordy St. Dennis opens the House with a prayer Saturday, May 21, 2011 in St. Paul, Minn., one day after Zellers apologized for the presence of a controversial minister who gave Friday's opening prayer. Lawmakers are working Saturday with less than three days left in the legislative session, as the Capitol fills with demonstrators on gay marriage and budget cuts.
AP Photo/Jim Mone
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Demonstrators shout and wave signs in the State Capitol rotunda during a Peoples Rally for a Fair Minnesota Saturday, May 21, 2011 in St. Paul, Minn. Lawmakers are working Saturday with less than three days left in the legislative session, as the Capitol filled with demonstrators on gay marriage and budget cuts.
AP Photo/Jim Mone
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