Original "Family Leader Marriage Vow" Before the Reference to Slavery Was Removed

The vow originally stated: “Slavery had a disastrous impact on African-American families, yet sadly a child born into slavery in 1860 was more likely to be raised by his mother and father in a two-parent household than was an African-American baby born after the election of the USA’s first African-American president.” Republican Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann signed the pledge. more at Mother Jones.

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