Bob Vander Plaats, the failed candidate for governor who now devotes his life to ending civil rights for gay citizens, has removed a particularly vile, racist passage from the pledge that his group, Family Leader, is requiring GOP candidates to sign. You may recall that the passage read as follows:
"Slavery had a disastrous impact on African-American families, yet sadly a child born into 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."
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann already signed the pledge without hesitation. Thus, she is on record endorsing the utter lie that black children were better off in slavery than they are today. I'm anxiously awaiting someone in our so-called liberal media calling her on it. Oh yeah, Santorum signed also, but really, who cares about him?
The remainder of the pledge, dealing with debunked lies about gay people, fidelity to marriage, as well as stuff about seduction, pornography, and everything else that keeps Vander Plaats awake at night, remains.
"Slavery had a disastrous impact on African-American families, yet sadly a child born into 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."
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann already signed the pledge without hesitation. Thus, she is on record endorsing the utter lie that black children were better off in slavery than they are today. I'm anxiously awaiting someone in our so-called liberal media calling her on it. Oh yeah, Santorum signed also, but really, who cares about him?
The remainder of the pledge, dealing with debunked lies about gay people, fidelity to marriage, as well as stuff about seduction, pornography, and everything else that keeps Vander Plaats awake at night, remains.
