MPR’s Bob Collin’s got a quote from Jeff Wilfahrt, whose son was killed in the line of duty and who is running for the Minnesota House on a platform that includes marriage equality. Wilfahrt’s son was gay and was responding to Sen. Dan Hall, R-Burnsville, who questioned the patriotism of those opposed to the anti-gay marriage amendment.

Yesterday, I posted about the insinuation from a Minnesota politician that people who are voting against the constitutional ban on same-sex marriage in Minnesota are unpatriotic. We heard from Jeff Wilfahrt:

“Have Mr. Dan Hall come and see me, I’ll show him the Bronze Star and Purple Heart that allow him to say these things. Then he can hold the flag flown over the Arizona on our son’s behalf, and the coffin flag and oh so much more. Jeff Wilfahrt, father of CPL Andrew Wilfahrt, 552nd MP Company, KIA 2-27-2011, Kandahar, Afghanistan.”