Posted on 07/09/2011 10:06:40 AM PDT by ejdrapes
Bachmann Stands By Marriage Pact That Links Slavery to Black Family Values Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann is standing firm behind a pledge she signed Thursday that promotes marriage and social conservative values, but includes a passage that suggests black families were in better shape during slavery. The Family Leader, an Iowa-based conservative group led by Bob Vander Plaats, issued the pledge formally called, "The Marriage Vow – A Declaration of Dependence Upon Marriage and Family." The two page document condemns gay marriage, abortion, pornography and infidelity. But perhaps the most controversial part is found in the preamble where the state of the black family in the slave era is compared to 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 document reads. Click here to read the document.
By Stephen Clark
Published July 09, 2011
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Can someone tell me what is inaccurate in this statement?
Nothing inaccurate at all, but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t a stupid thing for a Presidential candidate to sign.
It’s inaccurate because it’s not politically correct.
Other than that, it’s a 2” grouping at 1000 yards.
When it was advantageous to the owner he would allow families to stay together. When not, he would split them for whatever reason. It's the basis of innumerable Blues songs from the old days.
However, that Bachmann would sign a pledge with such statements shows she is as stupid as she appears. And, oblivious.
That said, there are at least 5 million that will vote for her on the basis of this pledge alone.
Roger Aile's should be ashamed that he allows leftists peddle Soros funded Think Progress crap in his website !
Fox is full of lefties and a majority of the staff are Manhattan libs .
I do not think they should have included that statement at all. They could have kept the part about illegitimate births skyrocketing after LBJ; but the piranhas in the MSM are going to characterize the document as pro-slavery.
If it’s true, it’s not racist. Bachman is free to use that if she wants.
In the late 1800’s, early 1900’s, black were most likely to be Bible believing Southern Baptists.
It’s the implication that people are better off as slaves that makes this disgusting. There is no need to add this. Why not go after LBJ’s socialist policies towards poverty?
That's because it's accurate. Conservatives are big on the truth.
When the Irish first came to the U.S. (famine), they were treated worse than the slaves. Strange that no one talks about it much.
Of all the ways the point could have been made, that was the worst possible.
The truth, as outlined in the pledge, is that they were more likely to be in a two parent family during slavery than today.
You obviously want to read more into it than is there.
Your freedom to do so, but it's simply a reflection on your need to be offended.
Statement of fact.
No brainer.
Why can’t a candidate sign a statement?
Oh I see, we are soo soo scared of what “liberals will think about us” still that we should never sign on to a statement of objective truth.
/sarc off
Michelle Bachmann isn’t running for “First Historian of The United States’’ for cryin’ out loud! She’s running for President. What’s with all the history quizzes? MR ‘’57’’ states’’ wouldn’t know anything about the history of America or the world for that matter if it ran up and bit him on the ass. He proves that everyday.
You can't substantiate that by citing a single reference. And to allude that blacks were better off, in any way, under slavery...borders on racism, at least.
See #14
BS!!!!!!!!!
The Irish had freedom of association and every freedom you enjoy today.
They were free to move out of the cities and settle land in order to enjoy the fruits of their labors and LIBERTY.
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