It’s really worse than that, although you’re headed in the right direction. There is a fellow who was a mentor to Bachmann who has made statements like “for a while it was humane to keep slaves because life was so hard for them otherwise.” I forget the fellow’s name, but if Bachmann gets the nomination, that fellow and this pledge will be combined to do a reverse Jeremiah Wright to her, paint her, not just as a flake, but as a scary dominionist theocrat, with credentials to prove it. It’s a trap.
John Eidsmoe
I'm not sure I would have signed this pledge for other reasons. Bachmann also commited to:
Recognition that robust childbearing and reproduction is beneficial to U.S. demographic, economic, strategic and actuarial health and security.
So does this mean the govt. should be in the business of encouraging people to have children? Personally, I want to govt. to stay out of this kind of thing. The govt. shouldn't be encouraging or discouraging people to have children.
Recognition of the overwhelming statistical evidence that married people enjoy better health, better sex, longer lives, greater financial stability...
In other words, everyone should get married, which is NOT Biblical. Paul bluntly states that a celibate single life is perfectly acceptable (and even uses himself as an example).
The full pledge can be found here.
http://www.thefamilyleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/themarriagevow.final_.7.7.111.pdf
Some of the wording is also "over the top" and sensationalistic (imho).