Presidential candidate Rick Santorum is scrambling to field accusations of bigotry after getting stuck on an LGBT rights question in an interview with CNN's Piers Morgan--the question of same-sex marriage. Santorum, a former Republican senator from Pennsylvania who opposes marriage equality, went after Morgan during a speech at Pennsylvania State University on Tuesday, in order to undermine Morgan's words in the pre-taped interview that aired on CNN the following evening. Known for his archaic views with regard to LGBT equality, Santorum sounded extremely defensive: "I had Piers Morgan call me a bigot, because I believe what the Catholic Church teaches with respect to homosexuality. So now I'm a bigot because I believe what the Bible teaches." Of course, most Protestants (the religious group that encompasses the vast majority of Americans) would dispute the idea that what the Catholic Church teaches and what the Bible teaches are in any way equivalent. Rick Santorum has been oddly wrestling with this one issue quite a bit lately, having had an bizarre moment at a rather small town hall event go viral recently, due to this claim that he was the victim of a "gay jihad"--whatever that means.
Rick Santorum is widely regarded as a bit of a joke candidate, as he's a fringe right-winger who isn't polling very well in the early stages of the Republican primary. However, those who consider this a Romney/Perry/Bachmann race should remember how early it really is--at this stage of the 2007 Republican primary, former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani was way out in front, and his campaign completely imploded. One of the more interesting things about American politics is that anything can happen, and that's why Santorum stays in the race, despite the fact that few of us like his chances.
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Comments: 3
In any political campain there is always going to be those ready to jump on what ever they can. It is called, "mud slinging." This is one of the reasons I hate when there are campaigns running because it gets so bad with the he said she said and slander that it is hard to tell what is the truth.
No I dont think that I will be backing him as I am not in support of same sex marriage. Whether someone wants to think of me as a bigot that is up to them. When it comes to my faith the only one that I am worried about as far as their opinion of me is God.
Good article...