Iowa marriage pledge drops reference to slavery

WASHINGTON (RNS) An Iowa-based conservative Christian organization has
removed controversial language about slavery from a pledge to uphold
traditional marriage that the group has asked GOP candidates to sign.

The Family Leader's "Marriage Vow" originally included language in
its preamble that implied that black children had better family
conditions during slavery than today.

"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," the statement read, according to Fox News.