Michele Bachmann Michele Bachmann Glittered By Gay Rights Activist At RightOnline Conference

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Michele Bachmann Glittered By Gay Rights Activist At RightOnline Conference

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/...ittered-right-online-conference_n_879798.html

Michele Bachmann (R-MN) was “glittered” by a gay rights activist as she left the stage at the conservative RightOnline conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota Saturday.

Get Equal, a California-based gay rights group, claimed responsibility for the stunt, citing Bachmann's support for a proposed ban on same-sex marriage in Minnesota and “history of anti-gay rhetoric.”

“You can run, but you cannot hide! Keep your hate out of our Constitution!” shouted Rachel E. B. Lang, who threw glitter at Bachmann but did not succeed in hitting her. Get Equal said in a press release that her words were a reference to to the conservative “You Can Run But You Cannot Hide” ministry for which Bachmann has helped raise money.

Bachmann is not the first GOP presidential candidate to be glittered. On Thursday, representatives from the groups Reproductive Rights and CODEPINK showered former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty with pink confetti at a book signing for his memoir in San Francisco.

Newt Gingrich was similarly hit with glitter at a book signing back in May.

 

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I understand it didn't stick, it was just sort of in her general direction. I saw it tweeted, calling her one of the 'glitteratti'