Senator Santorum bashes gays!

[giza]

 

From http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/04/22/santorum.gays/index.html

"If the Supreme Court says that you have the right to consensual (gay) sex within your home, then you have the right to bigamy, you have the right to polygamy, you have the right to incest, you have the right to adultery. You have the right to anything," Santorum said in the AP interview, which was published Monday.

I intend to have the last laugh, though. Sen. Santorum represents my state (Pennsylvania). Guess who isn't getting my vote this November?

Even more interesting is a quote near the end of the article from the Family Research Council. They are a lovely conservative group that advocates things like um, exterminating homosexuals.

Great political move Senator. Er, can I call you Rick? Great move, Rick.

Comments

[rigelkitty.livejournal.com]

It took long enough to see this show up in my LJ. I'd've thought everyone'd freak out about it way sooner.

The quote above isn't even the worst one. That's just inexplicable. Personally, I like:

"I have no problem with homosexuality – I have a problem with homosexual acts."

Howard Kurtz said it best in the Washington Post...

"Boy, that oughta make everyone feel better. Kind of like saying you have no problem with disabled folks, it's just those blasted wheelchairs.

"Santorum has "no problem" with gays – some of his best friends, etc. – but believes they have no constitutional right to engage in consensual activity, the way that heterosexuals do?

"In other words, he has no problem with gays except for the sexual behavior they engage in. He thinks it should be illegal.

"He would no more grant gays legal protection for consensual sex than he would those who engage in incest.

"Keep in mind, this isn't one of those tricky public-policy conundrums – like gays in the military or gays in the Boy Scouts or whether gays should be protected against workplace discrimination – that involve other people and institutions. It's about what gay people do in the privacy of their home."

[giza.livejournal.com]

>"I have no problem with homosexuality – I have a problem with homosexual acts."

Yeah, I remember that line. The doublespeak in it reminded me a lot of when conservatives talk about "freedom of religion", which (sadly) usually means "freedom of MY religion".

C'mon, it's time to go hang the Ten Commandments up in some public school somewhere!