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I was in the Minnesota state Senate from 2000 until 2006. In 2006, I was urged to run for Congress, I did. And I've been here ever since.

Michele Bachmann

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Michele Bachmann
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: April 6
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United States Representative
Waterloo
Iowa
Michele Marie Bachmann
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They can get married. They can marry a man if they're a woman. Or they can marry a woman if they're a man.
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We are wide open and vulnerable and in all likelihood an activist judge will strike down our Defense of Marriage Act, our state law against gay marriage, this year. And in all likelihood, we will have gay marriage in 2004 in Minnesota , if we don't get this amendment on the ballot for November.
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And I took a walk and I just went to prayer and I said Lord, what would you have me do in the Minnesota state senate? And just through prayer I knew that I was to introduce the marriage amendment in Minnesota.
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Very effective way to do this with a bunch of second graders, is take a picture of The Lion King for instance, and a teacher might say, 'Do you know that the music for this movie was written by a gay man?' The message is: I'm better at what I do, because I'm gay.
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Without a doubt, absolutely, a woman will be a president, and probably sooner rather than later. I am excited about that, and if what I did serves as a steppingstone for another woman down the course, I am very grateful to have had that chance.
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The world defines 'waste' very differently than Jesus does.
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Before we get started, let's all say 'Happy Birthday' to Elvis Presley today.
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The President of the United States will be taking a trip over to India that is expected to cost the taxpayers $200 million a day.
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Marriage was created by the hand of God. No man, not even a Supreme Court, can undo what a holy God has instituted.
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What I'm talking about is the order of deportation, the sequence of deportation. It is almost impossible to move 11 million illegal immigrants overnight. You do it in steps.
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All voodoo, nonsense, hokum, a hoax.
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We must never forget what government is not. Government is not a philanthropic organization. Government is not the family. And government certainly is not the church.
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I'm the only one that can take the debate to Barack Obama and win and be elected.
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