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Michele Bachmann Thanks Iowans For Ousting Judges Who Favored Gay Marriage (OnTop)

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Minnesota Representative Michele Bachmann has thanked Iowa voters for ousting three judges who favored gay marriage, POLITICO.com reported.

Bachmann, who is considering a 2012 run at the White House, told a crowd of home-schooling advocates in Des Moines that she supported the decision.


Social conservatives who objected to the Iowa Supreme Court's 2009 unanimous ruling that brought gay marriage to the Midwest mounted an aggressive campaign to have three of the justices up for a retention vote removed.

“If you have judges who thwart the will of the people, you send them packing,” Bachmann told about 1,000 people, repeatedly referring to judges as “black-robed masters.”

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