Teenager Confronts Michele Bachmann Over Gay Marriage In Awkward Iowa Town Hall Exchange

CNN posted an iReport Thursday from a Michele Bachmann town hall in Iowa, where the Presidential candidate was questioned on gay marriage by a teenager, Jane Schmidt, who runs the Gay-Straight Alliance at her high school. She asked Bachmann what she would do to support the LBGT community.

Bachmann went into an answer about everyone having the same civil rights, and not giving special treatment to people because of preferences. After some applause from the crowd, Bachmann put the microphone back in Schmidt’s face, where she then asked why same-sex couples can’t get married. Bachmann said that they can, in fact, get married.

“They can get married, but they abide by the same laws as everyone else. They can marry a man if they’re a woman, and they can marry a woman if they’re a man.”

This was followed by more applause. Schmidt, who was wearing a toque, pressed Bachmann on same-sex marriage, and Bachmann kept replying that the law says it’s a man and a woman, and that every citizen has a right to marriage under that law. With every answer, Schmidt grew more standoffish, Bachmann remained hovering over her inches away putting the microphone back in her face, and the crowd continued to give awkward scattered applause, making the whole thing uncomfortable to watch. But in a good-for-TV way.

On that note, enjoy the clip of the exchange below, courtesy of CNN iReprter Anelia Dimitrova:

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