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Angry Dragon

(36,693 posts)
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 05:09 PM Dec 2011

Anti-gay leaders endorse Santorum: ‘He’s one of us’ [View all]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/12/20/anti-gay-leaders-endorse-santorum-hes-one-of-us/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story%29

By David Edwards
Tuesday, December 20, 2011

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The Family Leader CEO Bob Vander Plaats said that while his organization would not endorse a candidate at this time, he could personally Santorum because the former Pennsylvania senator was the “champion for the family” who is the best position to beat President Barack Obama.

Earlier this year, Santorum, Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann all signed The Family Leader’s pledge, agreeing to opposes same sex marriage, oppose Sharia law and ban “all forms of pornography.”

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Chuck Hurley, head of The Family Leader’s Iowa Family Policy Center, who also endorsed Santorum Tuesday, said that his group had gotten death threats from supporters of other GOP candidates.

“I do regret that one erstwhile friend and culture warrior has threatened to — quote — ‘burn Bob’s body, drag it through the street and hang it from a bridge’ — unquote — if Bob doesn’t endorse who that person wants him to endorse,” Hurley explained, refusing to name the supporter or their preferred candidate. I find this interesting..AD


more at: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/12/20/anti-gay-leaders-endorse-santorum-hes-one-of-us/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story%29


More pledges ..... good to have all the bigots on the same page ......... and doesn't perry own a part of a porno company??
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