Look: Rick Perry Joins Bachmann, Signs NOM’s Anti-Gay Marriage Pledge
It’s a day as big as Texas for Republican Governor and presidential hopeful Rick Perry, who announced his campaign just two weeks ago. Today, Gallup released a poll showing Perry has the most support — 35% — of any candidate, from those who support the Tea Party. And NOM, the National Organization For Marriage, just announced Perry has signed their five point anti-same-sex marriage pledge, cementing Perry as anti-gay, in addition to anti-science, anti-global warming science, anti-evolution, anti-tax, anti-Ben Bernanke…
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“Kudos to Gov. Rick Perry for making it clear: he’s a marriage champion!,” said Brian Brown, president of NOM. “The purpose of NOM’s Marriage Pledge is to move from vague values statements to concrete actions to protect marriage. Gov. Perry joins Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum as a signer of NOM Marriage Pledge.  By doing so, Perry makes crystal clear that, contrary to the conventional wisdom, gay marriage is going to be a bigger issue in 2012 than it was in 2008, because the difference between the GOP nominee and Pres. Obama is going to be large and clear.  We look forward to demonstrating that being for marriage is a winning position for a presidential candidate.”
The full text of the pledge (image, above) includes these concepts:
- Support and send to the states a federal marriage amendment defining marriage as one man and one woman,
- Defend DOMA in court,
- Appoint judges and an attorney general who will respect the original meaning of the Constitution,
- Appoint a presidential commission to investigate harassment of traditional marriage supporters,
- Support legislation that would return to the people of D.C. their right to vote for marriage.
Troubling is not only the promise to write more discrimination directly into our founding documents, but a promise to create protections for those motivated by animus, hatred and bigotry — religious or otherwise.

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