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Rick Santorum Opposes Civil Unions, Too

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum, a vocal opponent of gay marriage, said today he opposes civil unions, too.

In response to a question by Dean Reynolds for the “CBS Evening News,” the former Pennsylvania senator said same-sex couples should work through the legal system to obtain rights similar to those enjoyed by legally married couples.

“I believe in people’s right to be able to contract for whatever benefits that they have,” Santorum told Reynolds.

Full Story from CBS News

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WA: Santorum to Meet With Marriage Equality Foes as Bill is Signed

Saturday, February 11th, 2012

Rick Santorum and Washington State Marriage EqualityRick Santorum is scheduled to meet with gay marriage foes in Washington state on Monday, the same day Governor Chris Gregoire is holding a signing ceremony for a bill legalizing gay marriage in the state, The Seattle Times reported.

Gregoire will sign the bill into law at 11:30AM, making Washington the seventh state to legalize gay marriage.

The Democrat-controlled House approved the measure with a 55-43 vote on Wednesday, a day after a federal court declared California’s gay marriage ban, Proposition 8, in violation of the United States Constitution, and one week after the Washington Senate passed the measure with a wider margin than expected.

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Santorum Tells Gay Man He Doesn’t Deserve Marriage

Saturday, February 4th, 2012

Rick Santorum told a gay man in Fulton, Missouri Friday afternoon that he didn’t deserve the “privilege” of marriage because his same-sex relationship does not “benefit” society in the same way that opposite-sex marriage does. Marriage, Santorum explained is an “intrinsic good” in which gay and lesbian people should not be allowed to partake in:

SANTORUM: You’re not entitled “to special treatment under the law…[Marriage is] not a right, it’s something that has existed since the beginning of human history as an institution where men and women come together for the purposes of forming a natural relationship as God made it to be. And for the purposes of having children and continuing that civilization.

Full Story from Think Progress

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Santorum Calls Outlawing Marriage Equality “God’s Will”

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

Rick Santorum really earned the meaning of his name last night with Piers Morgan. During the CNN interview, sanctimonious Santorum declared that marriage rights for same-sex couples goes against his god’s will, and therefore he will work to outlaw it. Details follow.

“Marriage is an institution that existed before governments existed,” Santorum told Morgan. “It’s something that reflects nature and reflects God and God’s will for us. And both from the standpoint of faith and reason it makes all the sense in the world. And it’s beneficial for society. … Marriage has been voted on 32 times in this country in 32 states, from Maine to California and 32 times the people of this country have said that marriage is between a man and a woman and the public should have a say about this.”

Though I’m absolutely sure that Santorum gets his information of “god’s will” (and fashion advice, obviously) directly from his weekly phone calls with Jeebus, lets go out on a limb and pretend that the d-bag is merely going by that one pesky Leviticus passage declaring homosexuality an abomination. So, if that is the case, what other decrees of god’s will by way of Leviticus can we expect this Christian soldier to fight for?

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Marriage Equality Foes Choose Santorum to Stop Romney

Sunday, January 15th, 2012

Rick Santorum has long drawn the special loathing of supporters of marriage equality for his fierce opposition to the measure, but until recently, he hadn’t had much luck benefitting from the flip side of that: The united support of marriage foes.

Since his Iowa victory, however, he’s begun finally to unite the wing of the Republican Party for whom marriage is a central issue. Former presidential candidate Gary Bauer endorsed Santorum last week, a group of leading social conservatives backed him today, and he just announced the endorsement of one of the highest-profile figures in the marriage wars, Maggie Gallagher, who until recently chaired the National Association for Marriage, the best funded group on its side.

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Even Bill O’Reilly Thinks Santorum’s Anti Marriage Equality Plans Are Extreme

Friday, January 6th, 2012

Rick Santorum entered Bill O’Reilly’s ‘no spin zone’ last night and was questioned about how he’s going to respond to people who believe his views on social issues like abortion, gays in the military, and same-sex marriage, are extreme.

Santorum doesn’t believe his views are extreme: “I don’t think being for marriage between man and a woman is extreme, Bill.”

Says O’Reilly: “To rescind licenses already given? That’s a big deal.”

Full Story from Towleroad.com

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Santorum Would Change US Tax Code to Favor “Traditional” Marriage Even More

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012

Rick Santorum’s socially conservative brand has helped him break through with a last-minute surge in Iowa. But his agenda isn’t restricted to reimposing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” outlawing gay marriage nationwide, or promoting prayer in public schools. Santorum also wants to use the federal tax incentives to promote traditional marriage and families.

(Associated Press – Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum. )
“Tax policy as social policy” is the most distinguishing characteristic of Santorum’s tax reform platform. The Pennsylvania Republican wants to reduce taxes by tripling the child tax credit, which currently stands at $1,000 per child.

Santorum also wants to reduce federal taxes that penalize married couples. Under the current tax code, some spouses who earn about the same salary on the middle-to-upper end of the spectrum pay more in taxes by filing jointly as a married couple than they would as individuals. Justin Wolfers explains further: “The U.S. has a household-based taxation system which subsidizes married families when one person stays home and taxes most people extra if they choose to marry and both work full-time. The average tax cost of marriage for a dual-income couple is $1,500 annually.”

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As President, Santorum Would Invalidate All Existing Same Sex Marriages

Monday, January 2nd, 2012

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum once again touted his support for a federal ban on gay marriage, saying on Saturday that any now-legal same-sex marriages would be invalid under a constitutional amendment.

In an interview with NBC’s Chuck Todd at his campaign headquarters in Iowa, Santorum said there needs to be one marriage law for all 50 states. When asked if he would make same-sex couples get divorced, he responded, “Well their marriage would be invalid. If the constitution says ‘marriage is this,’ then people whose marriages are not consistent with the constitution … (shrug.) I’d love to think that there was another way of doing it.”

Santorum said he has hesitations about the Supreme Court taking the decision about marriage away from the people. “32 times marriage has been voted on, in 32 different states from Maine to California, and 32 times marriage has won,” he said. But later in the interview Santorum acknowledged that “just because public opinion says something, doesn’t mean something’s right if it’s not right.”

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IA: Did Vander Plaats Sell Family Leader Endorsement to Rick Santorum?

Friday, December 23rd, 2011

Iowa Family Leader Endorses Rick SantorumBob Vander Plaats’ endorsement of Rick Santorum has produced a backlash among conservatives in Iowa, some of whom are accusing the FAMiLY LEADER president of engaging in “pay for play” schemes and selling his coveted support to the highest bidder. Earlier this week, Santorum admitted that Vander Plaats approached the campaign with an indirect solicitation of money to help promote his support, but now other sources familiar with the talks between Vander Plaats and GOP candidates are characterizing the tactics as “corrupt.”

“Clearly the endorsement was for sale — without a doubt,” one source told ABC News’ Shushannah Walshe and Michael Falcone, stressing that Vander Plaats had tried to receive money for his support in past election cycles:

Though Santorum did not specify the dollar amount he and Vander Plaats discussed, multiple sources said he was soliciting as much as $1 million from Santorum and other candidates.

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Santorum: Gay People “Have Rights of Every Other Citizen”

Thursday, December 22nd, 2011

Rick Santorum has said gay men and lesbians have equal rights. After receiving on Tuesday the personal endorsement of Bob Vander Plaats, president and CEO of The Family Leader, Santorum appeared on Fox News’ On The Record With Greta Van Susteren.

Vander Plaats is best known for leading last year’s successful campaign to oust three of the seven Iowa Supreme Court judges who overturned the state’s ban on gay marriage in 2009.

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“Well, look, I have nothing against gay people,” Santorum responded. “They have rights of every other citizen. But what they did in Iowa and what some are trying to do, not all gays, but some are trying to do is change the laws of this country with respect to what the definition of marriage is.”

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