Are Bachman And Santorum This Ignorant?

You know what I don't understand?  I don't understand how any person who wants to be taken seriously as a presidential candidate could sign the Family Leader's so-called "marriage vow".  (Pun intended, I am sure.)  Ladies and gentlemen, if you haven't seen this pledge, its original text essentially stared that African American children were better off being born into slavery, where according to this right wing group, both parents were most likely to be present (unless of course one parent was killed or sold off by their owner, but I digress with those pesky historical facts again) as opposed to being born now into a single parent family. 

Read The "Vow" Here

Historically inaccurate, you say?  Outrageously offensive to African Americans, you say?  Insulting to single parents nationwide, you say?  Blatantly bigoted, you say?

Well, I say you're right.  However, Republican (of course) presidential candidates, Michele Bachman and Rick Santorum do not agree with you.  Both of these ultra-conservative candidates have vowed to stand by this pledge with Rep. Bachman being the first to actually sign the pledge and return it to Family Leader.

Now, this extreme right-wing organization has since backed off on this part of their pledge, but the rest of the document is almost equally offensive, mean spirited, and undignified.  Oddly, only GOP candidate Mitt Romney has had the decency to say so.

Right Wing Groups Back Off On Offensive Slavery Language

Mitt Romney Shows Some Class

My question, dear readers, is how Bachman and Santorum could actually agree with this pledge in any for, let alone its original form?  Do they really believe what was written, or are they pandering to the religious right that controls the modern day Republican Party?  Which answer to that question is less disturbing?  Do they actually think black kids were better off being born into slavery, or are they so determined to kowtow to the religious right that they will promise to follow and pledge or vow put in front of them? 

Is this what the Republican Party has become?  Is this what the right wing in this country has become?  If so, ask me again why I am a liberal and a Democrat.

Peace and love, my brothers and sisters.