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Johnson on Johnson

Posted at 1:42 PM on March 16, 2006 by Bob Collins


Chuck Darrell of Minnesota for Marriage Darrell held a news conference to report that 81,000 Minnesotans have signed a petition calling for a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage. (MPR Photo/Tom Scheck)

MPR's Mark Zdechlik has been at Camp Shelby in Mississippi for the last few days, covering the send-off for the Minnesota National Guard troops to Iraq. I asked him to intercept Sen. Dean Johnson, who is part of the political entourage to today's celebration, and get him to explain his reported remarks on what the Supreme Court in this state would or would not do on the existing laws regulating marriage.

The audio was just sent along to me and I send it along to you unedited. (RealPlayer required).

(Updated 5:10 p.m.) - Here's Tom Scheck's story, and Craig Westover has an update on Johnson's comments.

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