An Iowa-based Christian conservative group, The Family Leader, on Thursday unveiled a pledge asking Republican presidential candidates to be faithful to their spouses, and work tirelessly to oppose same-sex marriage.
The pledge, entitled “The Marriage Vow — A Declaration of Dependence Upon Marriage and Family,” includes 14 points, including:
- Vigorous opposition to any redefinition of the Institution of Marriage … through statutory, bureaucratic, or court-imposed recognition of intimate unions which are .. same-sex.
- Earnest, bona fide legal advocacy for the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) at the federal and state levels.
- Steadfast embrace of a federal Marriage Amendment to the U.S. Constitution which protects the definition of marriage as between one man and one woman…
The pledge also states that homosexuality is both a choice and a health risk; the ninth point of the pledge calls for banning “all forms of pornography.”
The Family Leader is a conservative traditional values organization headed by Iowa Republican homophobe Bob Vander Plaats, leader of the effort that resulted in the voter recall of three Iowa supreme court justices last November.
“We believe that the candidates’ positions on core values, such as marriage, correlate directly to his/her moral stances on energy issues, sound budgeting policies, national defense, and economic policies,” Vander Plaats said in a statement.
Vander Plaats says the vow of marriage fidelity doesn’t apply to past behavior, but only looking forward. (So you’re safe, Newt.)
In April, Vander Plaats called homosexuality “a public health risk” akin to “second-hand smoke.”
He also wants the remaining four Iowa Supreme Court justices who ruled for marriage equality in 2009 to resign, and is calling for their impeachment if they do not.
Update: On Thursday evening, Michele Bachman became the first GOP presidential hopeful to sign the pledge. Story here.
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I hate assholes.
Me too, Reece!
They are sad and miserable people.
Iowa: a state that needs to get laid and calm the fuck down.
omg. why doesn’t this surprise me.
Ridiculous!
It seems as if Republicans are no longer a political party, as they have developed into nothing more than an organization of violent hate mongers and distasteful, rude, unintelligent people who enforce laws that are both unconstitutional and unjust.
Well, I’d like all of the members of The Family Voice (and similar groups) to sign a ‘non-proliferation’ agreement promising they won’t breed so as to put more hateful, hurtful people in this world but fat damn chance of that happening.
Is it just me, or does he look like he has the dick sucking face in that picture? I’m just sayin… lol
^ hahah win !
Lol..this is really gettin out of hand…And i thought this country was already over descrimination….sad smh
*yawn* This is getting so old…
He is a mentally ill. He need a assailant
I want them all to sign a pledge to be humane and to pursue enacting laws that will move us toward equal rights for eveyone. What a concept for Americans, eh?
look @ his hair… tragic…
why are these two things paired together? They have enough trouble being faithful by itself, they couldn’t possibly be focused enough to do both at once.
…H*A*T*E*F*U*L!!!!!…
Really??? They want Republican presidential candidates to be faithful to their spouses? Bwahahahahaha… like a pledge will keep them “faithful”… AND work tirelessly to oppose same-sex marriage? Idiots, backward, hypocritical idiots!
Hopefully this group will soon be put on the Southern Law Poverty Center’s list of terrorist groups.
Too late. Some of us are already married to our same-sex partners. BTW, this is no surprise. One of the planks in the party for years has been a call for no gay marriage. They’re just doubling-down as usual.
suck a dick faggot!
Without exception, all public outcries of anti-gay this or that in the US, have been voiced by closeted gay men. In addition, more than one study has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that homophobia is coupled with same-sex attraction. The evidence is so vast now that it will hold up in a court of law.
Separating the wheat from the chaff.
This should marginalize the bastards.
…H*A*T*E*F*U*L!!!!!…
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If these shmucks get their foot in the door, I’m moving North.
Iowa can succ my rainbow dicc.
They are no longer a political party but a terrorist organization. It’s time to vote these morons out of office and make them work for a living for once.
…and yet, Iowa actually HAS gay marriage