Rick Santorum quotes ‘God Hates Fags’ slogan on national TV to defend ‘religious freedom’ laws

[cbayer]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/04/rick-santorum-quotes-god-hates-fags-slogan-on-national-tv-to-defend-religious-freedom-laws/

DAVID EDWARDS
05 APR 2015 AT 14:01 ET


Rick Santorum speaks to CBS News

Likely Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum on Sunday quoted Westboro Church’s infamous “God Hates Fags” slogan in defense of an Indiana law that allowed Christian businesses to discriminate against same-sex couples.

After Indiana revised its law to allow so that it did not override anti-discrimination ordinances in local municipalities, Santorum told CBS host Norah O’Donnell that he had hoped for more religious protections.

“I think the language they had is better language, this is acceptable language,” he explained in an interview that aired on Sunday. “It doesn’t do a lot of the things — it doesn’t really open the debate up on some of the more current issues.”

“I think the current language that the federal law is — and now Indiana is — has been held to have a pretty limited view of religious liberty — religious freedom is in the workplace,” the former Pennsylvania senator insisted. “And I think we need to look at, as religious liberty is now being pushed harder, to provide more religious protections, and that bill doesn’t do that.”

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[eShirl]

1. So any cult gets to break whatever laws they want, so long as they have a slogan.

How about "God Hates Republicans," would Ricky defend that?

[cbayer]

3. He wasn't defending it.

He was using it as an example of what a gay printer might refuse to put on t-shirts.

First, the fact that he said the phrase at all is really ugly.

Secondly, the laws he is referring to wouldn't protect the printer at all because his refusal wouldn't be religious.

One thing for sure, he's not getting smarter.

[Thinkingabout]

2. Now Santorum claims to be God?? He is a member of GOP, it is not God.

[cbayer]

7. He was using the phrase as an example of what a gay printer might

refuse to print on a t-shirt.

Extremely poor judgement in choosing that phrase, but what else is new.

[hrmjustin]

4. I detest that man! That bastard did that on purpose.

[cbayer]

8. Agree. I am so glad that Dan Savage co-opted his name.

[hrmjustin]

9. Yes.

[C_U_L8R]

5. Who does God really hate?

Did Rickie ever pause to wonder why he
was 'blessed' with the name Santorum?
God sure does act in mysterious and
awfully funny ways.

[cbayer]

6. The now widespread definition of "santorum" was created by

Dan Savage in 2003. Prior to that, it didn't really mean anything.

Dan continúes to maintain the sites santorum.com and spreadingsantorum.com, lol.