Michele Bachmann has said that gay
marriage in Iowa is not all right.
During an appearance on Fox
News Sunday, host Chris Wallace asked Bachmann about an
exchange she had with two
high school students who challenged her views on gay marriage during
an Iowa town hall earlier this week.
Bachmann told the students that gay men
and lesbians “can get married. They abide by the same law as
everyone else. They can marry a man if they are a woman or they can
marry a woman if they're a man.”
“But Congresswoman, same-sex marriage
is legal in Iowa. So, does that mean it is all right?” Wallace
asked.
“No, I don't believe it is,”
Bachmann answered. “Marriage, historically, for all human history
has been between a man and a woman. It hasn't been the same-sex
marriage. And remember that in Iowa, it was judges that made the
decision – not the legislature, which are the people's
representatives, and certainly, not the people. That's why the
people of Iowa threw out three of those Supreme Court judges. That's
something that should give pause to all judges.”
“As president of the United States, I
will only appoint judges that will apply the strict construction or
the original intent of the Constitution of the United States.”