Were you aware that there is a civil war being fought in America?

Our country is in the midst of a fierce civil war between those who cherish our nation’s traditional values and those who want to radically remake America into a secular progressive country.

So says “Minnesota Majority”, which is run by former Secretary of State Mary Kiffmeyer, Drew Emmer and Jeff Davis, who is also behind “Minnesota Citizens in Defense of Marriage”, a group that claims that the legalization of gay marriage would put kindergarteners at risk of contracting AIDS:

Children, as young as kindergarteners, will be indoctrinated with a curriculum that seeks to legitimize homosexuality and same-sex relationships as a normal part of our society. Children will be enticed to experiment with homosexuality, putting kids at increased risk for HIV, hepatitis, gay bowel syndrome and a variety of other sexually transmitted diseases that are common amongst homosexuals.

The Pioneer Press published an article about Minnesota Majority over the weekend, noting some troubling language in their health care page:

“Black women, for a variety of reasons, are more prone to underweight babies than are Caucasian and Asian women. It is not surprising that Sweden has a lower infant mortality rate, or that Japan has a longer life expectancy than the United States does. They are nearly racially pure; we are not,”

Minnesota Majority has defended their language, claiming on their website that “There is no tinge of racism in the issue paper nor does it imply any negative judgment about single-parent households. It simply states a statistical fact that helps explain some of the medical differences in between countries.”

Kiffmeyer went even further, telling Rachel Stassen-Berger that

“[Racially Pure is] a genetic term,” said Kiffmeyer, who is a nurse by training. “It does matter when you are doing medical studies.”

But Minnesota Majority has had a change of heart. Today, the passage from their health care page reads:

The U.S. health care system serves the most diverse population of any country in the world. Our statistics are affected by that diversity. Black women, for a variety of reasons, are more prone to underweight babies than are Caucasian and Asian women. Consistent genetic lineage also contributes to Sweden having a lower infant mortality rate and Japan having a longer life expectancy. These factors must be taken into account when comparing statistics around the world with U.S. statistics.

UPDATE: Eva has also been tracking this story

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