Richfield Independents Discuss Gay Marriage, Vikings Stadium Funding

While , a handful of Richfield Independents and observing students were eating pizza and talking about local issues at Tuesday night.

According to the caucus convener and resident, Gordon Hanson, a number of people expressed that they chose the because they believed the political system was too dysfunctional and prone to gridlock "with the Democrats and Republicans in power."

The group participated in two straw polls, one regarding the and the other on whether or not public funds should be used to .

The group unianimous voted against defining marriage between one man and one woman. As for the stadium, the voting was nearly split, but leaned toward supporting the use of public funds.