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(72,903 posts) Mon Feb 13, 2012, 11:57 PM Feb 2012

Santorum, visiting Olympia, calls for constitutional ban on same-sex marriage [View all]

Santorum, visiting Olympia, calls for constitutional ban on same-sex marriage

OLYMPIA — Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum, well known for his opposition to same-sex marriage, visited Olympia on Monday, the same day Washington made same-sex marriage legal.

“I think it waters down marriage and I don’t think that’s what we need,” Santorum said. “We need to have a national consensus on this, a national debate. I believe we should move forward with a constitutional amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman.”

Santorum visited with state Republican lawmakers and spent his early afternoon at Cavalry Chapel in Olympia, speaking with conservative religious leaders and gay marriage opponents.

http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/local-govt-politics/santorum-visiting-olympia-calls-constitutional-ban/nHb9p/

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Governor Chris Gregoire signed the historic legislation in a ceremony before Santorum arrived.
http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/spincontrol/2012/feb/13/historic-day-many-ways-same-sex-marriage-issue/

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Santorum, visiting Olympia, calls for constitutional ban on same-sex marriage [View all] kpete Feb 2012 OP

ignorant hateful bigot!! bowens43 Feb 2012 #1

+1,000,000 +++ n/t RKP5637 Feb 2012 #13

Because two gay people being happy is two too many, for Rick Santorum. truthisfreedom Feb 2012 #2

i'll never understand the "waters down marriage" argument. unblock Feb 2012 #3

That's what I've come to think too. n/t RKP5637 Feb 2012 #11

Sweatervest. eom boppers Feb 2012 #39

Hm... dash_bannon Feb 2012 #46

Exactly. The temptation will be too great. aquart Feb 2012 #72

Why does he get to legislate his religious beliefs? The Philosopher Feb 2012 #4

I sure wish someone would ask those losers why their religious beliefs & not mine should become law LonePirate Feb 2012 #8

I wish a debate moderator would ask them how old they think the Earth is snooper2 Feb 2012 #65

Santorum and his ilk are Dominionists. They do not, in the end, kestrel91316 Feb 2012 #17

Their bible is Atlas Shrugged Joe Bacon Feb 2012 #21

She (Rand) was an athiest. boppers Feb 2012 #40

The Bible itself doesn't really support even DIFFERENT sex marriage much, if at all Brettongarcia Feb 2012 #42

Yes they are but... atreides1 Feb 2012 #47

This message was self-deleted by its author crunch60 Feb 2012 #28

When do they want to start legislating baptisms, etc.? LibertyLover Feb 2012 #56

GOPers are always talking about the STATES making the laws, except when ... Tx4obama Feb 2012 #5

OMG that is an EXCELLENT point Skittles Feb 2012 #15

True Honest_Abe Feb 2012 #38

Here's to the watering down of your marriage, Rick! immoderate Feb 2012 #6

There is a national consensus, you boob. izquierdista Feb 2012 #7

Ah, he wants a national debate first, too Carla in Sequim Feb 2012 #26

He has to be homosexually latent IMO. He just doth protest too much. And he also RKP5637 Feb 2012 #9

I agree, all this crunch60 Feb 2012 #27

"homosexually latent"? boppers Feb 2012 #41

Clinical term. Seemed appropriate. Normally I would use closeted. RKP5637 Feb 2012 #50

I was asking out of linguistic curiosity. boppers Feb 2012 #64

With my background it's not an unheard term in a clinical sense. What would RKP5637 Feb 2012 #66

I would say that he struggles with social gender issues, and social gender roles. boppers Feb 2012 #68

That's fine. I was not inferring any negativity, and BTW I'm as gay as one can be. RKP5637 Feb 2012 #69

You've never heard the term Aerows Feb 2012 #59

Oh, I've heard it, read, it, spoke it.... in a historical context. boppers Feb 2012 #67

Instead of running for President JJW Feb 2012 #10

it's too bad that Rick ... bayareaboy Feb 2012 #12

oh fuck off, Santorum Skittles Feb 2012 #14

Santorum, kindly keep your effing religion out of my Constitution. kestrel91316 Feb 2012 #16

Horrors to think of how much he would "re-write" the Constitution. glinda Feb 2012 #18

He's playing for the GOP Washington caucus customerserviceguy Feb 2012 #19

Oh, but here's the best part Missy Vixen Feb 2012 #48

While I don't think a signature might cause someone to lose a job customerserviceguy Feb 2012 #73

Memo to Rick Santorum: We have actual problems in this country to remedy. blue neen Feb 2012 #20

Exactly!!! We already have too many incompetent politicians on government RKP5637 Feb 2012 #22

Anyone else notice how many times he is giving speeches in churches?? Angry Dragon Feb 2012 #23

At this point customerserviceguy Feb 2012 #74

He's got the cortex of pond scum. WheelWalker Feb 2012 #24

Oh, man Aerows Feb 2012 #62

let's examine the logistics lovemydog Feb 2012 #25

That's why Clinton signed DOMA. During that era, there was a strong drive to pass an Amendment pnwmom Feb 2012 #29

I didn't know that lovemydog Feb 2012 #35

Not with Brownback, gov. of KS. As I recall he sponsored the constitutional RKP5637 Feb 2012 #53

Well, I didn't know that. But I think I'm still right about a Constitutional Amendment pnwmom Feb 2012 #57

It didn't under Bush. Yep, I doubt it would either. RKP5637 Feb 2012 #60

This guy thinks about gay sex more than I do, and I'm gay! 6000eliot Feb 2012 #30

!! Richardo Feb 2012 #31

me thinks little Ricky doth protest a little too much Botany Feb 2012 #32

ha! lovemydog Feb 2012 #34

Ever notice this about homophobe wingnuts? HughBeaumont Feb 2012 #43

This goes into my bank of quick retorts for these pinheads. AtheistCrusader Feb 2012 #54

The guy is fixated on gays - that's about all he talks about. RKP5637 Feb 2012 #55

Rickki, - just a language note: consensus is not quaker bill Feb 2012 #33

Peeling Off Slimy Pages from the Karl Rove Playbook eringer Feb 2012 #36

One of the many reasons he will never be President. JoePhilly Feb 2012 #37

Fuck the little creep. cliffordu Feb 2012 #44

Two Things... dash_bannon Feb 2012 #45

Santorum and McCarthy socialindependocrat Feb 2012 #49

Yeah, it's a good analogy, Santorum = McCarthy. I can't begin to imagine all of RKP5637 Feb 2012 #61

Marriage Equality padruig Feb 2012 #51

Get out of my state you shitbag. AtheistCrusader Feb 2012 #52

Excuse me, but... drynberg Feb 2012 #58

What happened to States rights? What happened to getting the federal government out workinclasszero Feb 2012 #63

How can you call yourself a christian, a man of God... Gringostan Feb 2012 #70

FIRST of all, RICKY... Volaris Feb 2012 #71