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Nancy Pelosi On Michele Bachmann DOMA Remarks: 'Who Cares?'
It took Nancy Pelosi just two words on Wednesday to take Michele Bachmann down a notch.
The House minority leader was asked during a press conference what she thought of Bachmann's intense denunciation earlier in the day of the Supreme Court's historic rulings in favor of gay marriage. She replied with a shrug:
"Who cares?"
Bachmann, whose staunch opposition to gay marriage is long and storied, had insisted in a written statement Wednesday morning that, "Marriage was created by the hand of God. No man, not even a Supreme Court, can undo what a holy God has instituted." She would resume that line of attack later during a press conference, calling the Court's decisions an affront to the Constitution, and to "the foundational unit of our society, which is marriage." ................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/26/nancy-pelosi-michele-bachmann-doma_n_3505535.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false#sb=1005642b=facebook
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