Michele Bachmann goes quiet on homosexuality

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http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20075855-503544.html

June 30, 2011 2:45 PM

Michele Bachmann goes quiet on homosexuality

By Brian Montopoli Topics Campaign 2012

On CBS' "Face the Nation" Sunday, host Bob Schieffer asked GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann if she believes homosexuality is a choice. Bachmann did not answer the question.

"You know, I firmly believe that people need to make their own decisions about that," she said. "But I am running for the presidency of the United States. I am not running to be anyone's judge. And that's where I'm coming from in this race."

In the same interview, Bachmann dodged two questions about whether she saw same-sex marriage as a litmus test in nominating judges. Declining to directly answer the question, she said only that "My primary test will be the Constitution."

A social conservative with a long record of strongly opposing gay marriage - she proposed a constitutional amendment to ban it while in the Minnesota statehouse - Bachmann, whose stepsister is gay, reportedly cast gay people as having "a very sad life" in a 2004 speech.

According to the Daily Beast, Bachmann added that "to say that this is gay" is "part of Satan."

[KamaAina]

1. Hiding from Teh Ghey again, is she?

[MineralMan]

2. Well, you know...if they can see you, they can fix their

special gay stare on you and convert you. So, you have to hide to prevent that. Yeah...that's the ticket...

[Proud Liberal Dem]

4. WTH is she doing in this pic?

Sleuthing????

:wtf:

[KamaAina]

5. Back when she was in the MN Senate, some GLBT activists tried to approach her

that was the result. :eyes:

[Proud Liberal Dem]

8. Thanks

So, she was hiding from them???? How the hell can she be POTUS if she can't handle a few GLBT activists????

[SoCalNative]

3. Well being married to a gay man and all

no matter HOW closeted he is, might be coloring her judgement.

[RandySF]

6. What I would like to know is...

Did her husband take Medicade funding to "cure" gay teens?

[Dark]

7. Aw, too bad. That's when she's usually at her craziest/funniest.

Scary thing is, if this country elected Bush, it can elect anyone...

[EC]

9. How can she be so afraid of gays when her husband

is a closeted one? Is she afraid of him? Or do they think that just because he's married, it means he's not gay?

On edit: That's why they think it's a choice, isn't it? They think that just the sexual side is what makes a person gay, not the psychological side. So they just want to believe that is so and hold it as a matter of faith.

I swear, I look at so many of the Republican couples and really believe half of them are gay couples that married just to give them cover and sleep in separate bedrooms. The kids were planned, because I can't see these people be amorous with each other at all. Look at the Chaney's, I sure can't believe they have any passion for each other...they act like best friends, not lovers.

[EFerrari]

10. Now, how do we replicate that silence over all other topics?

lol