Sunday, July 10, 2011
Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum
To demonstrate her conservative bona fides with Iowa voters, Republican Michele Bachmann became the first presidential candidate to sign a pledge by a religious right group, The Family Leader, that contains 14 points addressing everything from opposing same-sex marriage to rejecting Islamic law. Rick Santorum followed closely behind. The pledge also included the following paragraph:
“Slavery had a disastrous impact on African-American families, yet sadly a child born in to slavery in 1860 was more likely to be raised by his mother and father in a two-parent household than was an African-American baby born after the election of the USA’s first African-American President.”
At least, the pledge’s preamble used to include that paragraph. Within a few days of its July 7 publication, the pledge was scrubbed of the slavery reference that implied African-American children were better off in the 1800s than now, under President Barack Obama.
Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty said he was reviewing the document. Republicans have until August 1 to sign the pledge.
-Noel Brinkerhoff
Bob Vander Plaats, Iowa Social Conservative Kingmaker, Unveils a New Pledge for 2012ers (by Jason Linkins, Huffington Post)
Update: Bachmann Is First to Sign Family Leader’s Pro-Marriage (by William Petroski, Des Moines Register)
Bachmann Signs Pledge to Ban Pornography, Same-Sex Marriage as President (by Andy Birkey, Minnesota Independent)
Michele Bachmann, Rick Santorum Sign “The Marriage Vow” (Huffington Post)
The Marriage Vow (The original version) (pdf)
The Marriage Vow (The abridged version) (pdf)
The Family Leader Drops Controversial Section Concerning Slavery from "Marriage Vow" Pledge (by Jason Linkins, Huffington Post)
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