Michelle You Can Have My Pornography When You Pry It From My Wet Hairy Hands

[lame54]

http://liberalvaluesblog.com/2011/07/08/michele-bachmann-first-to-sign-pledge-banning-pornography-and-calling-homosexuality-an-unhealthy-choice/

Michele Bachmann First To Sign Pledge Banning Pornography And Calling Homosexuality An Unhealthy Choice
July 8, 2011 — Ron Chusid
There was a time when there typically was a religious right candidate in the Republican primaries. Such candidates would inevitably be beaten by the establishment candidate. Today the religious right dominates the GOP, and almost all candidates promote social conservatism. It will be interesting to see how many candidates sign a pledge from Family Leader. Michele Bachmann was the first to sign this:

Presidential candidates who sign the pledge must agree to personal fidelity to his or her spouse, the appointment of “faithful constitutionalists” as judges, opposition to any redefinition of marriage, and prompt reform of uneconomic and anti-marriage aspects of welfare policy, tax policy and divorce law.

The Marriage Vow also outlines support for the legal advocacy for the federal Defense of Marriage Act, humane efforts to protect women and children, rejection of Sharia Islam, safeguards for all married and unmarried U.S. military service members, and commitment to downsizing government and the burden upon American families.

In addition, candidates are asked to recognize that “robust childrearing and reproduction is beneficial to U.S. demographic, economic, strategic and actuarial health and security.”

In addition, Think Progress reports that this calls for the banning of “all forms” of pornography and states that homosexuality is both a choice and a health risk. Undoubtedly conservatives will fail to see how these conflict with claims to support limited government, not to mention violating the First Amendment. http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2011/07/07/263006/iowa-group-asks-republican-candidates-to-agree-that-homosexuality-is-a-choice-pornography-should-be-banned/

[bluestateguy]

1. I remember some of the combative DU threads in the past about porn

It would seem to me that some DUers may find themselves agreeing with Bachman.

[MH1]

3. The DUers who have problems with porn have it for different reasons than Bachmann.

Although I disagree with banning it, I recognize that some (much?) porn involves serious exploitation of women. (and possibly men.) But I think creating a black market would exacerbate the problem rather than solving it.

[roberto IS beto]

5. Me, too

I, too, have problems with the whole "exploitation" thing. That's why I'm opposed to porn involving humans. Porn solely between Bonobo chimpanzees is the only porn I'll watch.

[rug]

2. Thanks for the visual.

[dkf]

4. Michele with one "L" please. Otherwise I'm thinking it's Michelle Obama.

[lame54]

11. can do

[emulatorloo]

6. Interesting to see how FreeRepublic will react to this.

Don't you think?

[HopeHoops]

7. That's going to kill her GOP: primary chances. Her "base" is the main consumer group of porn.

[Texasgal]

9. don't forget they hold stock in cheetos

as well!

[dickthegrouch]

8. Mutually exclusive

“faithful constitutionalists” as judges,

If they were faithful constitutionalists they could not fail to approve same sex marriage - since it's a civil contract and demands equal protection. They MUST NOT listen to any religious argument if they are being faithful to the separation clause.

FAIL!

[RB TexLa]

10. childrearing and reproduction is beneficial to U.S. demographic, economic, strategic and actuarial h

How about we save the cost of raising and educating children and let other countries deal with that.

[metalbot]

12. I've seen a few of these threads

But even clicking through to the link and reading the "pledge", it doesn't actually say anything about banning pornography. There are plenty of reasons to hate Bachmann, some of which are in that pledge, but the "she wants to ban porn!" is really just a misleading distraction.