Jumping into a national fray, the Hennepin County Board on Tuesday passed a resolution calling on the Washington, D.C., NFL team to drop its "Redskins" name in favor of one "that is not racist and derogatory," Commissioner Peter McLaughlin said in a news release.

"This name has no place in 21st-century America," McLaughlin said. "It's time to move on."

Commissioner Jeff Johnson, who is the Republican Party's endorsed candidate for governor, cast the only "no" vote on the resolution, arguing that the issue has nothing to do with Hennepin County and that the board's addressing of it is part of "what frustrates people so much about government."

The debate has intensified in Minnesota because the Vikings will play the Washington team at noon Sunday at TCF Bank Stadium at the University of Minnesota. The U has published its own objections to the term, which many consider a racial slur.

Opponents of the name, many of them American Indians and their supporters, have said they will gather by the thousands outside the stadium to protest.

Last week, the city of Minneapolis said it lacked the legal standing to keep the team from using the moniker when it comes to town. City Council members had expressed interest in taking some kind of action to oppose the name.

Minneapolis City Attorney Susan Segal said that while she "would like nothing better" than to act, the city has limited options. She said a ban on the name could be seen as a violation of the First Amendment, and she noted that the city's civil rights ordinance does not apply to the University of Minnesota.

Other local bodies that have weighed in to condemn the name include the Edina City Council.

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