Rick "Frothy Mix" Santorum has been doing a lot of talking. It's what candidates do, and it gives us a good chance to see just what he is all about. Discrimination is a big part of his platform.
Santorum is wrapping bigotry in the banner of religion. In a recent interview he mentioned that he feels that the freedom of religion trumps all other freedoms as noted in the constitution. In an interview with the De Moines Register he stated that same-sex marriage jeopardizes religious liberty because the government may threaten license-holder such as marriage counselors who don’t treat gay couples.
All you have to do is insert any minority in place of "same-sex couples" and you see his issue. My problem with this whole argument is this, if I set up a business with a big sign that said "No Baptists Allowed", just how long would it be before I was slapped with a law suit? If a professional is going to deal with the public and offer his or her services, then excluding a class of people is discrimination and no religious argument you can give will change that.
Santorum wants it both ways. Freedom for him and no freedom for LGBT people. Time to flush Santorum out of the political system. Perhaps the coming election will do that.
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