Topic: Bachmann Threatens to leave MN
started by: Botto 82
Posted by Botto 82 on May 13 2013,2:25 pm
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Michele Bachmann threatens to leave Minnesota if equal marriage bill passes
by Joseph Patrick McCormick
13 May 2013, 7:25pm
Republican Michele Bachmann, has threatened to leave the US state of Minnesota, if its Senate votes to legalise equal marriage today.
A member of the US House of Representatives for Minnesota, Bachmann has threatened to leave the state, if equal marriage were to become law.
Speaking to local television station KSTP-TV this morning Bachmann said: ”Homosexuality is a sin, and God will punish communities that support it.
“Sodom and Gomorrah thought they could defy the will of God – and we all know what happened to them. If the governor signs this legislation into law the Minneapolis-St. Paul region will be next.
“I have a friend from Eden Prairie who’s already packed everything she owns into her car and is driving out to Montana as we speak. These are very scary times. I don’t want my family to be the last ones out.”
Today the Senate in the US state of Minnesota is to vote on a bill to legalise equal marriage. Leaders in the Senate have already said they had already gathered enough votes to pass the bill.
If the bill passes in the Senate on Monday, Democratic Governor Mark Dayton could sign it into law as early as this week, and same-sex weddings could begin to take place in August.
The House of Representatives in the US state of Minnesota passed the bill to legalise equal marriage on Thursday, with a clear majority in favour.
The final vote was 75 to 59, following a two-hour debate around the issue. It will now move to the Senate, which will take up the issue on Monday.
Among the opposition was Republican Representative Peggy Scott, who said she was brought to tears by the prospect of same-sex couples being allowed to marry.
Leading up to the vote, thousands of supporters and opponents of equal marriage gathered outside the House. During the debate, opponents to the measure argued that it was “not the time” for the measure, but its proponents denied they were “destroying” marriage, and said they were to “uphold it for all”.
In November 2012, Minnesotan voters avoided a constitutional ban on marriage equality, and pro-equality campaigners have since stepped up efforts to push for equal marriage to be legalised.
A group opposed to equal marriage in the state has pledged half a million dollars to defeat any Republican legislator voting to legalise marriage equality.
On 6 November, voters in Minnesota voted ‘no’ on Amendment 1, a constitutional amendment that would have defined marriage as being a union solely between a man and a woman.
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by Joseph Patrick McCormick
13 May 2013, 7:25pm
Republican Michele Bachmann, has threatened to leave the US state of Minnesota, if its Senate votes to legalise equal marriage today.
A member of the US House of Representatives for Minnesota, Bachmann has threatened to leave the state, if equal marriage were to become law.
Speaking to local television station KSTP-TV this morning Bachmann said: ”Homosexuality is a sin, and God will punish communities that support it.
“Sodom and Gomorrah thought they could defy the will of God – and we all know what happened to them. If the governor signs this legislation into law the Minneapolis-St. Paul region will be next.
“I have a friend from Eden Prairie who’s already packed everything she owns into her car and is driving out to Montana as we speak. These are very scary times. I don’t want my family to be the last ones out.”
Today the Senate in the US state of Minnesota is to vote on a bill to legalise equal marriage. Leaders in the Senate have already said they had already gathered enough votes to pass the bill.
If the bill passes in the Senate on Monday, Democratic Governor Mark Dayton could sign it into law as early as this week, and same-sex weddings could begin to take place in August.
The House of Representatives in the US state of Minnesota passed the bill to legalise equal marriage on Thursday, with a clear majority in favour.
The final vote was 75 to 59, following a two-hour debate around the issue. It will now move to the Senate, which will take up the issue on Monday.
Among the opposition was Republican Representative Peggy Scott, who said she was brought to tears by the prospect of same-sex couples being allowed to marry.
Leading up to the vote, thousands of supporters and opponents of equal marriage gathered outside the House. During the debate, opponents to the measure argued that it was “not the time” for the measure, but its proponents denied they were “destroying” marriage, and said they were to “uphold it for all”.
In November 2012, Minnesotan voters avoided a constitutional ban on marriage equality, and pro-equality campaigners have since stepped up efforts to push for equal marriage to be legalised.
A group opposed to equal marriage in the state has pledged half a million dollars to defeat any Republican legislator voting to legalise marriage equality.
On 6 November, voters in Minnesota voted ‘no’ on Amendment 1, a constitutional amendment that would have defined marriage as being a union solely between a man and a woman.
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A Republican, lecturing on the will of God, and sin...
How's that whole, "That which you do to the least of My brethren..." thing working out?
Posted by Botto 82 on May 13 2013,2:26 pm
...and she'll be flying Through the Eye of a Needle Airlines. 
Posted by nedkelly on May 13 2013,3:02 pm
Michelle Bachman leaving MN? How could we get so lucky? So long Michelle we will not miss you!!!!!!!! 
Posted by Grinning_Dragon on May 13 2013,3:03 pm
I left MN and I have zero interest of ever returning.
Posted by Banacek on May 13 2013,3:10 pm
Where did you go?
Posted by Grinning_Dragon on May 13 2013,3:26 pm
Where it doesn't snow.
Posted by Banacek on May 13 2013,3:46 pm
Wiil God punish ALL the people if the majority of the community supports it? Even church going folks who didn't support it? God must be very angry and vindictive. You can worship him your whole life and he will punish you for what your neighbor did. Is this a God we all want to follow?
Posted by Twiggs50 on May 13 2013,4:21 pm
Can we get her promise to leave in writing? "Don't let the door hit you in the ass as you leave Michelle!"
Posted by MADDOG on May 13 2013,5:12 pm
(Banacek @ May 13 2013,3:46 pm)
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Wiil God punish ALL the people if the majority of the community supports it? Even church going folks who didn't support it?
God must be very angry and vindictive. You can worship him your whole life and he will punish you for what your neighbor did. Is this a God we all want to follow?
God must be very angry and vindictive. You can worship him your whole life and he will punish you for what your neighbor did. Is this a God we all want to follow?
I seriously hope no one taught you that.
Posted by Self-Banished on May 13 2013,5:36 pm
I'd move but the fishing's too good 
Posted by Expatriate on May 13 2013,5:56 pm
maybe she'll move to Alaska with that other fruitcake.
Posted by Grinning_Dragon on May 13 2013,6:13 pm
(Self-Banished @ May 13 2013,5:36 pm)
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I'd move but the fishing's too good
Better fishing down here and the food is MUCH better down here and NOT bland like it is in MN.
And as a bonus you can walk around with your beer and not worry about getting busted for open bottle or some other BS law.
Posted by Self-Banished on May 13 2013,6:52 pm
(Grinning_Dragon @ May 13 2013,6:13 pm)
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(Self-Banished @ May 13 2013,5:36 pm)
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I'd move but the fishing's too good
Better fishing down here and the food is MUCH better down here and NOT bland like it is in MN.
And as a bonus you can walk around with your beer and not worry about getting busted for open bottle or some other BS law.
I've heard the fishing is fantastic but I hate snakes
Posted by Grinning_Dragon on May 13 2013,7:11 pm
(Self-Banished @ May 13 2013,6:52 pm)
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(Grinning_Dragon @ May 13 2013,6:13 pm)
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(Self-Banished @ May 13 2013,5:36 pm)
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I'd move but the fishing's too good
Better fishing down here and the food is MUCH better down here and NOT bland like it is in MN.
And as a bonus you can walk around with your beer and not worry about getting busted for open bottle or some other BS law.
I've heard the fishing is fantastic but I hate snakes
Well silly, you shoot them thar snakes, then use them as bait.
Posted by Self-Banished on May 13 2013,7:21 pm
^
Posted by grassman on May 14 2013,5:56 am
(Grinning_Dragon @ May 13 2013,6:13 pm)
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(Self-Banished @ May 13 2013,5:36 pm)
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I'd move but the fishing's too good
Better fishing down here and the food is MUCH better down here and NOT bland like it is in MN.
And as a bonus you can walk around with your beer and not worry about getting busted for open bottle or some other BS law.
Just don't walk in too big of a crowd, you may take fire. Say hey to Shelby Stanga.