religion and conservatives in the republican party was really strong and it s interesting that there does seem to be a little bit of blowback from moderates in the republican party that just perhaps aren t as comfortable with not with religion per se but with the role of religion in politics. in iowa, for example, michele bachmann s come under a lot of fire with her husband s gay treatment therapy, and a conservative group there, tim pawlenty is i m surprised to see this happening. it s interesting the way religion is somehow linked with gay rights. you ve got tim pawlenty declining to sign that iowa conservative group s marriage vow. it asks candidates to denounce same sex marriage, pornography and some forms of islamic law. here s the video pawlenty s campaign released yesterday. well, my family and i were catholics when i was growing up but when i met mary in law
there s something out there called the marriage vow. okay, this pledge is put out by the iowa conservative christian group, the family leader. this is a pledge you would sign? in fact, i actually did sign it. you did sign it. when i first read it, i was taken aback, i can t argue that i wasn t. yes, he signed it, but only after he was taken aback, okay? it goes like this. oh, my god. what the oh, no. what the holy [ bleep ] what the okay. all right. and the day after that installment of the colbert report, mitt romney and tim pawlenty decided that unlike rick santorum they were really
there s something out there called the marriage vow. okay, this pledge is put out by the iowa conservative christian group, the family leader. this is a pledge you would sign? in fact, i actually did sign it. you did sign it. when i first read it, i was taken aback, i can t argue that i wasn t. yes, he signed it, but only after he was taken aback, okay? it goes like this. oh, my god. what the oh, no. what the holy [ bleep ] what the okay. all right. and the day after that installment of the colbert report, mitt romney and tim
pawlenty decided that unlike rick santorum they were really too taken aback to sign the marriage vow. last night, romney became the first serious candidate well, he thinks he s a serious candidate to decline the pledge to oppose divorce, same-sex marriage, infidelity, sharia law, other institutions that do not suit iowa christian conservatives. romney s spokeswoman strongly supports traditional marriage but the oath contained references and provisions that were undignified and inappropriate for a presidential campaign. that provoked the man behind the pledge, bob vander plaats to tell talking points memo, one of the reasons we put the pledge together was for a person or candidate like mitt romney. it s been well documented that
too taken aback to sign the marriage vow. last night, romney became the first serious candidate well, he thinks he s a serious candidate to decline the pledge to oppose divorce, same-sex marriage, infidelity, sharia law, other institutions that do not suit iowa christian conservatives. romney s spokeswoman strongly supports traditional marriage but the oath contained references and provisions that were undignified and inappropriate for a presidential campaign. that provoked the man behind the pledge, bob vander plaats to tell talking points memo, one of the reasons we put the pledge together was for a person or candidate like mitt romney. it s been well documented that romney has been all over the board when it comes to marriage or abortion or universal health care.