Santorum Suggests Gay Marriage Wrecked The Economy

[dajoki]

Rick Santorum Suggests Gay Marriage Wrecked The Economy
By Carlos Santoscoy
Published: October 13, 2011
http://www.ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=9776&MediaType=1&Category=26

Rick Santorum's latest anti-gay narrative is the indirect suggestion that gay marriage has wrecked the economy.

In remarks during Tuesday's Bloomberg debate on the economy, Santorum said the economy suffers when the family is in trouble.

“he biggest problem with poverty in America, and we don't talk about here, because it's an economic discussion – and that is the breakdown of the American family,” said Santorum.

“You want to look at the poverty rate among families that have two – that have a husband and wife working in them? It's 5 percent today. A family that's headed by one person? It's 30 percent today. We need to do something, we need to talk about economics. The home – the word 'home' in Greek is the basis of the word 'economy.' It is the foundation of our country. We need to have a policy that supports families, that encourages marriage.”

In the spin room after the debate, Santorum told a small scrum of reporters: “As I said, economy … starts at the home, starts with the family, it is the first economy, and if that economy breaks down the overall economy can't succeed.”

In August, Santorum said that marriage equality encourages “the family break down” and leads “to a society that's broken.”

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[louis-t]

1. Haaaaaaa11111!1!11!1

:rofl:

They are all trying to out-crazy each other.

[Ikonoklast]

2. How this guy remembers to breath is beyond me.

EVERYTHING IS TEH GAYS FAULT!!1!!11!!!11


Bad breath? Teh Gays.
Car won't start? Teh Gays.
Your sports team lost...Teh Gays.
Got laid off...you guessed it, Teh Gays!


I never ealized that Teh Gays were the most powerful people on Earth, Hell, they're worse than the Freeemasons, or The Illuminati, or the Buildergers, fer chrissakes.

[Fire Walk With Me]

10. +1

[EFerrari]

3. LOL

:rofl:

Who cuts his food up?

[sinkingfeeling]

4. Better check those stats again, Rick.

[dana_b]

5. yes, that's exactly why people leave their husband/wife

is because they decide to become gay.

stupid f***

[Matariki]

6. He has serious personal issues.

[Aerows]

7. Oh wow, it is powerful enough to wreck the economy

and it's only legal in 6 states. Gee, we gay people are more powerful than I would have imagined! I guess the world will implode if it makes it to all 50 states.

[JTFrog]

8. Sounding a little frothy there Rick.

:eyes:

[Chipper Chat]

9. He also believes armadillos invading Indiana causes cancer in humans.

And that cumulus clouds are sent from Satan.

[indepat]

11. Implementation of a Rethuglican agenda is what causes societal chaos,

you mindless ideological twit. :patriot:

[WI_DEM]

12. Santorum has his head up his ass.

[DesertFlower]

13. what will he say next?

[FiveGoodMen]

14. Sad that one guy will say this...

...a complete condemnation of America that such a guy has any influence at all.

[LeftinOH]

15. That makes no sense. None whatsoever. Whatever, shitstain. n/t

[closeupready]

16. Wow, is he a one-trick pony or what? Gay marriage, gay marriage, gay marriage, gay marriage

:eyes: Go away, you disgusting person, Santorum! K&R

[Worship Money]

17. What are you quoting Greek for, Rick?

You Un-American freak!

[Mimosa]

18. He's INSANE and stupid.

I can only fantasize the grim Reaper will step out from just behind the curtains -like a theatrical manager- and pull Santorum off the stage like the bad actor he is. WHY do we even have to hear from Mr. Stupid?

[applegrove]

19. Someone did a study a few years ago that showed cities with a great gay population

have a vibrant creative class that makes the cities rich. Anyone know what I am talking about?

[saras]

34. Yep. There was a funny article too, about how gays could gentrify Texas

[racaulk]

20. Santorum is a one trick pony.

Poor, poor Ricky. He's trying desperately to reclaim any relevance he may have had before he was solidly kicked out of office in 2006. And he seems to think that he'll get the social conservatives of his party to rally behind him if he keeps saying crazy shit about the gays. But really, he just looks desperate to voters in both parties.

I look forward to him fading away into obscurity early next year. Hopefully, we will disappear permanently this time.

[lunasun]

21. OMG ! Mr. sperm jizz stfu

the gays did it like a nazi germany rerun
I would laugh if it wasnt so sick

[Zoeisright]

22. My God, these people get dumber every day.

Every time I think they can't top themselves with their blatant, raging ignorance, they manage. I wish there was a hell so they would burn in it.

[Scuba]

23. Eeeewww. I stepped in some santorum!

[glowing]

24. What a loony toon. Did anyone forget to tell him that the Gay's are the problem

meme went out of fashion a few yrs back now. People don't give a shit for the most part anymore... He just sounds like a bigoted fool continuing on with his Gay bashing. AND isn't it funny when you google his name what happens? LOL. Perhaps that's why he continues on his attack with a vengeance; he doesn't like what his last name means.

[Matariki]

25. So much wrong with this. Apart from his bigotry he admits that one income can't support a family

And says it as if that's perfectly reasonable. That is HUGE ground lost for the middle class in just a generation.

[justiceischeap]

26. His logic is faulty

I mean, if economy start at the home, with the family, then wouldn't allowing gays to marry actually kickstart the economy? Makes sense to me. According to his logic, denying us gays the right to marry is hurting the economy since we can't legally be a family unit federally.

[jberryhill]

27. Santorum usually suggests something /nt

[libinnyandia]

28. Santorum's inconsistecy

You would think he would want more marriage. Gay marriages don't prevent marriages. Anti-gay people prevent marriages.

[KamaAina]

29. Just give the guy his own Fox show already

Rick Santorum's Frothy Mixture. :P

[sarcasmo]

30. The Gay mafia is powerful.

[marmar]

31. So, gay people getting married has forced heterosexuals to stop shopping?

Dirty Santorum's logic is too complex for me.

[pipi_k]

32. Seemed more like

he was slamming one-parent homes than same-sex marriage...

IMO

:shrug:



whatever...he's still an idiot

[Initech]

33. He has some serious issues with this stuff.

[Marrah_G]

36. He is very concerned about other peoples love lives

or rather, he is incredibly focused on other people having sex. Sort of like some bizarre sex OCD.

[Initech]

37. Maybe Santorum has bigot tourettes.

It's like the Nazi tourettes that Lewis Black defined but instead Santorum feels the need to proclaim that he's an anti-gay bigot at every available opportunity.

[Marrah_G]

35. Sadly these people are allowed to breed

Then they raise more stupid little morons who think people and turtles will start falling in love, having sex and the whole planet will just explode.

[SammyWinstonJack]

38. Do these people hear the crappola that comes out of their pie hole?

Seriously, what twisted 'logic' they use to spin their rotten adgenda. :crazy:

[Lyric]

39. So why was poverty such a problem BEFORE marriage equality, Frothy?

I bet he's praying nobody thinks to ask him that.