Slavery deleted from marriage vow signed by Bachmann
A socially conservative Iowa group apologized Saturday evening for a controversial reference to slavery in a "marriage vow" signed by GOP presidential candidates...
From The New York Post
WASHINGTON — A socially conservative Iowa group apologized Saturday evening for a controversial reference to slavery in a “marriage vow” signed by presidential candidates Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) and Rick Santorum, Politico reported.
The marriage vow, which was created by the Pleasant Hill, Iowa-based group The Family Leader, calls on signers to swear fidelity to his or her spouse and also oppose “any redefinition” of marriage, including same-sex marriages.
The original vow also included a controversial passage in its preamble suggesting that black children born into slavery had a more stable family life than African-American children today.
“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,” the vow read.
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