(MPR Photo/Bill Alkofer)

Amidst the news that Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie has decided to unilaterally change the title language of the Minnesota Marriage Amendment, we should recall that the original title was proposed by DFL Scott Dibble (who himself opposed the amendment!) and was immediately approved with strong bipartisan support (49-16) by the Minnesota Senate.

Talk about an objective description -- one that needed no changing.

Watch the floor debate that led up to the vote: