Gov. Mark Dayton appeared on Minnesota Public Radio to discuss the Viking's stadium and reflect upon the last year. But when asked about the Republicans effort to pass their Sanctity of Marriage constitutional amendment in light of former Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch's sex scandal, he called them out for their hypocrisy. Sen. Koch is married and had an affair with an as-yet-unnamed senior Senate staffer that has to be Michael Brodkorb.
"I think it underscores that sanctity of marriage is important to most Minnesotans and people who are in same-sex relationships believe in that sanctity also and want a chance to participate in the sanctity in the same way as heterosexual couples," Dayton told MPR's All Things Considered, before suggesting that Republicans would be hypocritical in pursuing the measure:
DAYTON: I will say, before you take out the speck in your neighbor's eye, take the log out of your own eye. Somebody whose conduct doesn't measure up to what they're professing to believe in or prescribing for others, then they should be called on that.