Santorum Claims ‘I Haven’t Been Talking A Lot About’ Gay Issues

[w8liftinglady]

http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2012/01/05/398196/santorum-claims-i-havent-been-talking-a-lot-about-gay-issues/?mobile=nc

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Santorum may have failed to mention LGBT issues in every one of his 350 Iowa town halls, but as ThinkProgress has chronicled, he did spend ample time arguing that gay couples “destabilize” society and comparing same-sex relationships to inanimate objects like trees, basketballs, beer, and paper towels and even tried to blame the economic crisis on gay people. As Santorum explained back in August, religious people have a constitutional right to discriminate against gays: “We have a right the Constitution of religious liberty but now the courts have created a super-right that’s above a right that’s actually in the Constitution, and that’s of sexual liberty. And I think that’s a wrong, that’s a destructive element.”

Santorum also slipped in a coded reference to marriage in his Iowa acceptance speech Tuesday night, saying, “Those are the same people that President Obama talked about who cling to their guns and their Bibles. Thank God they do. They share our values about faith and family. They understand that when the family breaks down, the economy struggles.” In de-emphasizing the issue in New Hampshire, Santorum is acknowledging that Granite State voters are less driven by social issues than economic concerns — and that’s particularly true when it comes to the state’s own marriage equality law.

[mattvermont]

1. His entire shtick is to cover up his

own glorious gayness...I mean watch this guy.

[w8liftinglady]

2. addendum: Santorum invokes polygamy in gay marriage debate

Santorum raises polygamy in defending stand against gay marriage

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57353422-503544/santorum-raises-polygamy-in-defending-stand-against-gay-marriage/?tag=contentMain;contentBody

CONCORD, N.H. - In a spirited debate with gay rights supporters, GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum on Thursday defended his opposition to liberalizing marriage laws by raising the specter of polygamy. "What about three men?" he asked.

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Are we saying that everybody should have the right to marry?" Santorum said, issuing a challenge to his audience.


"Yes!" several shouted.


Santorum: "So anyone can marry anyone else?"


"Yes!"


Santorum: "So anybody can marry multiple people?"
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Replied Santorum: "What about three men?" He was being provocative and might not have expected the answer he got.


"Go for it," she said. Once he realized that she was condoning polygamy among same-sex couples, Santorum sarcastically framed the pro-gay marriage argument: Anybody, he said, can marry as many people as they want. The gay rights supporters stood and applauded Santorum, apparently mocking him.

[dsc]

5. can't straight folk take any responsibility for your own folk

Santorum isn't gay.

[Initech]

3. Funny when a site search for "Santorum" and "gay" brings up 406,000 unique results.

Yeah... he hasn't been talking about it or anything.

[RetiredTrotskyite]

4. Su-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-ure, Rick...

That's why practically every other word out of your mouth is "gay".