MARRIAGE TO A HOMOSEXUAL.

>> ERIC: MARRIAGE EQUALITY HAS BEEN LAW IN MINNESOTA FOR NEARLY TEN YEARS NOW.

IT'S MINNESOTA HISTORY TIME.

AND IN ALL MODESTY, THIS WEEK'S INDEX FILE QUESTION IS FABULOUS.

OUR QUESTION CONCERNS ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS AMERICAN ATHLETES OF THE PAST HALF CENTURY.

THIS PERSON -- NOT SEEN HERE IN THE LEAST -- IS A MEMBER OF THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME.

THIS ATHLETE IS THE SUBJECT OF A RECENT DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY, RELEASED LAST FALL TO GREAT FANFARE.

WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH MINNESOTA?

THIS BOOK FEATURES A PROMINENT QUOTE -- ON PAGE 394 -- FROM A PERSON WHO REGULARLY APPEARS ON "ALMANAC."

IT'S YOUR JOB TO TELL US THE NAME OF THE FAMED ATHLETE AND THE QUOTED FREQUENT "ALMANAC" GUEST.

THINK OF FOOTBALL.

THINK OF OUR REGULAR GUESTS.

AND THEN ANSWER THIS QUESTION: WHAT "ALMANAC" REGULAR IS QUOTED IN A RECENT BOOK ABOUT A COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAMER?

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU WHETHER YOU LIVE NEAR FOOTBALL LAKE, TENNIS LAKE, GOLF LAKE, OR FRISBEE LAKE.

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AND REMEMBER, WE APPRECIATE A WELL-CRAFTED WRONG ANSWER AS MUCH AS A CORRECT ONE.

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COMPOSE YOUR RESPONSE CAREFULLY, AND THEN SEND IT ALONG TO ALMANAC@TPT.ORG.

WE ALWAYS LIKE TO HEAR YOUR COMMENTS TOO.

WHAT DID YOU LIKE ABOUT TONIGHT'S SHOW?

WHAT DO YOU THINK WE COULD HAVE DONE BETTER?

PHONE NUMBER AGAIN.

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AND REMEMBER, IF YOU WANT TO TRACK WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE LEGISLATURE, WE HAVE TWO SUGGESTIONS FOR YOU.

WATCH LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS EACH WEEKDAY ON THE STATEWIDE MINNESOTA CHANNEL.

AND REMEMBER TO WATCH OUR SISTER PROGRAM, "ALMANAC: AT THE CAPITOL," EACH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT 7:00 ON THE SAME PBS STATION WHERE YOU WATCH LEGISLATIVE TV.

FOR SHOW-ENDING MUSIC, IT WAS THIS WEEK IN 2016 THAT DALE WATSON AND THE TEXAS TWO STOPPED BY STUDIO "B" AND PLAYED SOME COUNTRY MUSIC FOR US.

IT WAS A GREAT NIGHT.

LET'S LISTEN TO DALE SING HIS TUNE "RUN AWAY" AS WE ROLL THE CREDITS.

THANKS FOR WATCHING.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

BE CAREFUL.

>> ♪ RUN AWAY FROM ME, GIRL ♪ ♪ DON'T TAKE A SECOND LOOK AT ME ♪ ♪ I AIN'T WHAT THIS WORLD WANTS YOUR MAN TO BE ♪ ♪ NOT ME ♪ ♪ I'VE NEVER BEEN IN LOVE ♪ ♪ DON'T THINK I EVER WILL ♪ ♪ IT'S JUST SOMETHING I CAN'T DO ♪ ♪ BUT I KEEP TRYING STILL ♪ ♪ RUN AWAY FROM ME, HUN ♪ ♪ DON'T LET ME DRAG YOU DOWN ♪ ♪ I KNOW HOW ♪ ♪ TAKE OFF AND RUN ♪