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This Is Important, You Should Know About It of the Day: Republican presidential nomination hopeful Michele Bachmann is the first candidate to sign the “pro-marriage” pledge of conservative Christian group The Family Leader.
According to the Des Moines Register, those who sign “The Marriage Vow” [pdf] agree “to personal fidelity to his or her spouse, the appointment of ‘faithful constitutionalists’ as judges, opposition to any redefinition of marriage, and prompt reform of uneconomic and anti-marriage aspects of welfare policy, tax policy and divorce law.”
The vow also affirms the signee’s belief that homosexuality is a public health risk and a choice, and on par with polygamy and polyandry.
Worse still is the vow’s shocking suggestion that children born into African-American families under slavery were better off than they are today because they were “more likely to be raised by [their] mother and father in a two-parent household.”
And, finally, for good measure, candidates who sign the pledge must also make a point of rejecting Sharia law.
A spokesman for Rep. Ron Paul has expressed reservations on behalf of the congressman, while Tim Pawlenty’s spokesman said the former Minnesota governor was reviewing the document. Most of the other candidates refused to comment on their plans; only Jon Huntsman has stated (through an aide) that he will not sign the pledge as he “never signs any pledges.” Family Leader CEO Bob Vander Plaats — who was state chair of Mike Huckabee’s Republican presidential campaign in 2008 — said his organization will only support candidates who sign the pledge.
(NB: It should be noted that the controversial passage in the pledge that refers to the “protection” of women and children from “all forms of pornography” may not be a call for the outright banning of porn as some assert, but is certainly worth questioning.)
[dmr / tp / wonkette / mediaite / photo: politico.]
Related: Bachmann compared same-sex marriage to Pearl Harbor in 2004.
BACHMANN MUST BE STOPPED.
This woman disgusts me. It’s people like this that make me begin to lose faith in humanity. I understand that everyone has the right to their opinion and has the right to freely express their opinion in whichever appropriate manor they choose, but a line has to be drawn somewhere. It is my own opinion that the line needs to be drawn at the point when other people’s opinions and the sharing of those opinions are getting in the way of other people’s lives. For example, when she signed “The Marriage Vow”, that, to me is ok. Although I do not agree with the contents of this document, she, by signing it, did not do anything to anyone. She simply said that those are her opinions. If she runs for president I assume she will be taking action to impose these opinions on other people. For example, part of the vow she signed said that “homosexuality is a public health risk and a choice, and on par with polygamy and polyandry.” This is fine because she is only stating it, but if she were to be in power to make a law saying that all of the things stated above where illegal, then that would be where the line needs to be drawn. By doing that she would be taking away the rights of people who are normal U.S citizens. I you don’t like gay marriage, then don’t get gay married. Or be in a polygamist or polyandrous marriage.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lo13jpZluc1qzpwi0o1_500.jpg)
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This Is Important, You Should Know About It of the Day: Republican presidential nomination hopeful Michele Bachmann is the first candidate to sign the “pro-marriage” pledge of conservative Christian group The Family Leader.
According to the Des Moines Register, those who sign “The Marriage Vow” [pdf] agree “to personal fidelity to his or her spouse, the appointment of ‘faithful constitutionalists’ as judges, opposition to any redefinition of marriage, and prompt reform of uneconomic and anti-marriage aspects of welfare policy, tax policy and divorce law.”
The vow also affirms the signee’s belief that homosexuality is a public health risk and a choice, and on par with polygamy and polyandry.
Worse still is the vow’s shocking suggestion that children born into African-American families under slavery were better off than they are today because they were “more likely to be raised by [their] mother and father in a two-parent household.”
And, finally, for good measure, candidates who sign the pledge must also make a point of rejecting Sharia law.
A spokesman for Rep. Ron Paul has expressed reservations on behalf of the congressman, while Tim Pawlenty’s spokesman said the former Minnesota governor was reviewing the document. Most of the other candidates refused to comment on their plans; only Jon Huntsman has stated (through an aide) that he will not sign the pledge as he “never signs any pledges.” Family Leader CEO Bob Vander Plaats — who was state chair of Mike Huckabee’s Republican presidential campaign in 2008 — said his organization will only support candidates who sign the pledge.
(NB: It should be noted that the controversial passage in the pledge that refers to the “protection” of women and children from “all forms of pornography” may not be a call for the outright banning of porn as some assert, but is certainly worth questioning.)
[dmr / tp / wonkette / mediaite / photo: politico.]
Related: Bachmann compared same-sex marriage to Pearl Harbor in 2004.
BACHMANN MUST BE STOPPED.
This woman disgusts me. It’s people like this that make me begin to lose faith in humanity. I understand that everyone has the right to their opinion and has the right to freely express their opinion in whichever appropriate manor they choose, but a line has to be drawn somewhere. It is my own opinion that the line needs to be drawn at the point when other people’s opinions and the sharing of those opinions are getting in the way of other people’s lives. For example, when she signed “The Marriage Vow”, that, to me is ok. Although I do not agree with the contents of this document, she, by signing it, did not do anything to anyone. She simply said that those are her opinions. If she runs for president I assume she will be taking action to impose these opinions on other people. For example, part of the vow she signed said that “homosexuality is a public health risk and a choice, and on par with polygamy and polyandry.” This is fine because she is only stating it, but if she were to be in power to make a law saying that all of the things stated above where illegal, then that would be where the line needs to be drawn. By doing that she would be taking away the rights of people who are normal U.S citizens. I you don’t like gay marriage, then don’t get gay married. Or be in a polygamist or polyandrous marriage.
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