"Bachmann, Santorum, Romney, Gingrich, Pawlenty Support Gay Marriage Ban"

[TomCADem]

I guess our celebration of the passage of the NY Bill may be short lived if the Republican front runners win the White House, and follow through with their pledge...

http://www.ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=8653&MediaType=1&Category=26

Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich support a federal amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman, thereby blocking gay and lesbian couples from marrying and overturning the laws in five states where the institution is legal.

The presidential candidates reiterated their support for such an amendment during Monday night's GOP debate in New Hampshire.

Bachmann appeared to give a contradictory response – simultaneously saying she supports a state's right to make such decisions, then adding she supports altering the U.S. Constitution.

“I do believe in the 10th amendment and I do believe in self-determination for the states,” she said, then later added that she doesn't “see that it's the role of a president to go into states and interfere with their state laws.”