Republican candidates pledge to create a commission to investigate 'harassment' of homophobes

[ck4829]

Tim Pawlenty, Rick Santorum, and Michele Bachmann will be joining FRC, the National Organization for Marriage and the Susan B. Anthony List for a ""Values Voter Bus Tour" through Iowa.

In kicking off the event, NOM has announced that Santorum, Bachmann, and Mitt Romney have all signed a five-point "Marriage Pledge" (PDF] that includes a promise to establish a "presidential commission" to "investigate harassment of traditional marriage supporters":

Four, establish a presidential commission on religious liberty to investigate and document reports of Americans who have been harassed or threatened for exercising key civil rights to organize, to speak, to donate or to vote for marriage and to propose new protections, if needed.

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/bachmann-romney-santorum-promise-presidential-commission-investigate-harassment-traditional-

This is big, folks. What this really comes down to is this, the NOM and other groups have been throwing temper tantrums over gay rights advocates boycotting businesses that donate to homophobic measures and saying it's not fair to the businesses, even though they have yet to raise a stink over the AFA and other Christian Right groups who have been boycotting gay-friendly businesses for years now.

So you want to organize a boycott of a business that's not gay-friendly? Guess what, you're now harassing people and you're also subject to investigations by a government commission. Isn't that nice?

[Altoid_Cyclist]

1. What cesspool did these leeches crawl out from?

[FiveGoodMen]

5. I think the entire USA is that cesspool

Letting hate radio and the megachurches go unchallenged has brought us here.

[roguevalley]

8. and this is why obama will get elected because these fuckers are

the alternative. why does he have to worry about what he does anymore when this is the opposition? Shoe in for him, shit storm for us.

[BadgerKid]

2. Dear RW: Why isn't choice of companion/mate/etc. a PRIVATE matter?

Oh that's right...government is BAD unless you want it to enforce your opinion of how the world should look. Go eff yourselves.

[shraby]

3. They first have to be in congress..only one is right now and

that is Bachmann.

[hifiguy]

4. They need hats.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iUpoNBZyaBc/TJOUfvjLtnI/AAAAAAAAEEA/Ad22g7kR6xo/s1600/batshit+crazy.jpg

[soleft]

6. I betcha Obama signs on any minute

:sarcasm:

[spanone]

7. those poor married people are so harassed...sign your dumb ass pledges...go ahead