Great. Pledge Bachmann signed has since been changed. Slavery no longer good.

Does that mean she needs to resign it? I mean really, the pledge she signed implied black kids were better off under slavery. Now that the line has been removed, she should resign so that we all know that this time, she really means it.

The conservative group's vow, which Republican presidential candidates Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum signed shortly after it was released last Thursday, called on candidates to reject gay marriage, pornography, and Sharia law. But perhaps the most controversial line in the pledge was one claiming that "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." After the line drew criticism on Friday, the group decided to drop it from the pledge. Via Politico, here's the group's explanation:

"After careful deliberation and wise insight and input from valued colleagues we deeply respect, we agree that the statement referencing children born into slavery can be misconstrued, and such misconstruction can detract from the core message of the Marriage Vow: that ALL of us must work to strengthen and support families and marriages between one woman and one man," the group's officials said in a statement. "We sincerely apologize for any negative feelings this has caused, and have removed the language from the vow."